HRMN 408 Assignment 3: The Law and Ethical Considerations

LEARNING RESOURCES:

(Note: Students many need to manually copy link or manually open the link into a new tab to access some external/governmental websites)

1. OSHA Laws and Regulations

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) provides a Table of Contents for "all things OSHA." This link takes you to a landing page which functions much like a table of contents. Navigate around the page to gather general information about a specific area that interests you. Or, explore some of the topics in-depth to gather information for a specific assignment you may be working on.

Link: https://www.osha.gov/   

 

2. OSHA Inspection Information

This link describes the OSHA inspection fact sheet.

Link: https://www.osha.gov/OshDoc/data_General_Facts/factsheet-inspections.pdf

 

3. OSHA Injury and Illness Recordkeeping and Reporting Requirements

What kind of records and logs must be maintained when injuries occur at work? This link takes you to a landing page which functions much like a table of contents. Navigate around the page to gather general information about a specific area that interests you. Or, explore some of the topics in-depth to gather information for a specific assignment you may be working on.

Link: https://www.osha.gov/recordkeeping/index.html

Link: https://webapps.dol.gov/elaws/osha/recordkeeping/

 

    4. When Violence Affects the Workplace

This workplace violence website provides information on the extent of violence in the workplace, assessing the hazards in different settings and developing workplace violence prevention plans for individual worksites.

Link: https://www.osha.gov/SLTC/workplaceviolence/

    5. Whistleblowers Information 

OSHA’s Whistleblower Protection Program enforces the whistleblower provisions of  more than 20 whistleblower statutes  protecting employees from retaliation for reporting violations of various workplace safety and health, airline, commercial motor carrier, consumer product, environmental, financial reform, food safety, health insurance reform, motor vehicle safety, nuclear, pipeline, public transportation agency, railroad, maritime, securities, and tax laws and for engaging in other related protected activities.

Links: https://www.whistleblowers.gov/

https://www.whistleblowers.gov/whistleblower_acts-desk_reference