Occupational safety and health law
By: editors-in-chief, Gregory N. Dale, P. Matthew Shudtz, Occupational Safety and Health Law Committee, American Bar Association
Contributors: American Bar Association. Occupational Safety and Health Law Committee
Edition: Third edition.
Publisher: Bloomberg BNA
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Arlington, VA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 1456
ISBN-13: 9781617463136
Subjects: Industrial safety; Law and legislation; Industrial hygiene; United States. Occupational Safety and Health Administration; United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Safety and health law before the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970; title: Legislative history of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970; title: The duty to comply with standards; title: The general duty clause; title: Employer obligations to develop, maintain, and disseminate information; title: Affirmative defenses; title: Inspections and citations; title: The warrant requirement in OSHA inspections; title: Types and degrees of violations; title: Civil penalties and criminal sanctions; title: OSHRC procedure and adjudication; title: Judicial review of enforcement proceedings; title: Development of OSHA standards; title: Judicial interpretations of OSHA's standard-setting authority; title: Procedural issues and judicial review; title: Variances; title: Rights of workers and their representatives; title: Discrimination against employees for health and safety activities; title: State regulation of occupational safety and health; title: State regulation of occupational safety and health; title: The Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977; title: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health; title: Relationship of the OSH act to other federal laws and agencies; title: The OSH act, workers'compensation, and workplace tort liability; title: The Americans with Disabilities Act and the Family and Medical Leave Act.