Week 9 Discussion – Employee Rights, Safety and Health in th…

Refer to Chapter 19 in your course textbook for this discussion.

Respond to the following:

• Pursuant to the chapter reading, what wage and work protections exist for employees today?
• Provide at least three examples and explain which one you believe is most important and why.
• Health and safety protection in the workplace is regulated by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).
• Imagine an employee is hurt on the job in your home state. Discuss the key elements of worker’s compensation laws in your home state.
• Use the OSHA link provided below to research a state health and safety violation in the workplace and explain the key elements.

Resources:

Be sure to respond to one of your classmates’ posts. Please provide answers to the discussion questions that are researched, informed, and substantiated by citing sources following Strayer Writing Standards.

Jennings, Marianne M. Business: Its Legal, Ethical, and Global Environment. Available from: Strayer University Bookshelf, (12th Edition). Cengage Learning US, 2021.