Widespread OSHA recordkeeping mistakes can prove very costly, a federal appeals court in New Orleans recently reminded employers, telling them also not to rely too heavily on the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission to save them from immense penalties in cases involving certain willful violations.
Employees cannot be discharged or discriminated against for exercising any right created by the Act or for filing complaints or instituting proceedings under or
If you are subject to OSHA, you are required to keep records of employee illness and injury.
Every employer who is subject to OSHA and has more than 10 employees is required to maintain records relating to employee injuries and illness.
Perhaps the most widely used organizational technique for unions is the direct one of approaching an employee and asking if he or she will support the union.
In one of its most highly-anticipated decisions, the National Labor Relations Board, in December 2007, ruled that employees have no statutory right to use an em
If employees are trained and designated as responsible for rendering first aid or medical assistance as part of their job duties, they are covered by the protec
Almost all employers are governed by OSHA's general recordkeeping rules, which are vigorously enforced.
Health care facilities.
Injunctions.— In addition to any other sanction or remedy, the Department of Public Health, a state-certified local public health department, local law enforcem
A person who violates any provision of the public smoking law commits a civil violation for which a fine of $100 may be adjudged, except that a fine of up to $1
Civil penalties.— Whoever continues to employ any child in violation of the provisions discussed in Enforcement, above, after being notified of the violation by
An employer who violates the smoking discrimination in employment law may be required to pay to the aggrieved individual lost wages and benefits, reinstate the
Subsequent violations.— Repeated violation of the minimum wage law is a class B misdemeanor.