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Occupational Safety and Health Law

  
The perils of an unhealthy work environment have been known since the times of the early Greeks. However, it wasn't until the nineteenth century that most governments took proactive steps to protect worker health and safety. Many states were slow in enacting employer liability laws designed to relieve the hardship of work-related injuries for individual workers and their families. However, by 1921, 46 states had some form of workers' compensation law.1 By 1970 a ground swell of support for Federal legislation addressing job safety and health had developed. In response, Congress passed the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 Login to read more.

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