Employment Law And Labor Relations

Running head: EMPLOYMENT LAW & LABOR RELATIONS
EMPLOYMENT LAW & LABOR RELATIONS
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EMPLOYMENT LAW & LABOR RELATIONS
The Occupational Safety and Health Act, 1970 (OSHA) was created with the
intention to prevent and protect workers from accidental death or harm at the workplace. The
main purpose of this Act is to create occupational safety and health management focusing on
the environment of those workplaces which deals with the production of dangerous products
or substance. This Act further imposes mandates on the employer of a risky business to give
their workers necessary training and support about the handling machines or equipment with
which they have to deal every day.
Under the OSHA, an employer has a duty to protect workers belongs from the private
sector, State and Federal Government Workers. However, an employer does not have any
duty to protect immediate family members of their workers or workers who are already
protected by any other Federal Agency (Lewis, 2016).
Every employer has rights and responsibilities guaranteed under the OSHA. The
rights of an employer as envisaged in the Act are such as to give the employee instructions on
the health and safety standard while on duty and which each employee is bound to follow.
The employer has further right to compel the employee to do a job which they are authorized
to do as per the instruction of the employer. Further, an employer has the right to prevent the
employee from engaging in any unnecessary activities which might hamper the peaceful
environment of the workplace. The employer also had the right to get informed about the
injury or harm that might have caused to any of his employees during working hours. The
employer also has the right to instruct the employee about the use of any equipment or cloth
associated with the work they are doing (Brooks, Keyt & London, 2017).
Further, employer have certain responsibilities to maintain towards their workers such
as; maintain adequate standard of safety as envisaged in the OSHA regarding equipment and
other safety instruments necessary for working of the workers, to inform the workers about