CHAPTER 16 Managing Workplace Safety and Health

CHALLENGES

After reading this chapter, you should be able to deal more effectively with the following challenges:

  1. 1 Explain the reasons for safety and health laws, as well as the extent of the employer’s responsibility to fund a workers’ compensation system and maintain a safe and healthy work environment.

  2. 2 Identify the basic provisions of the Occupational Safety and Health Act.

  3. 3 Develop an awareness of contemporary health and safety ...

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