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Labor and Occupational Safety Law

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Encyclopedia of Public Health

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Employment and workers safety law

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Labor and occupational safety law comprises the legal rules that govern three aspects. Labor law regulates the legal relationship between employers and employees (including worker unions) with respect to the employment and the corresponding rights and duties resulting therefrom. Occupational safety laws encompass the body of law that provides for both the safety and health of employees at the workplace as well as the compensation of employees for work-related injuries and diseases.

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The safety and health of employees at work was already historically a main concern of public health practice. Occupational safety is still one of the core fields of public health law. The achievement “safer workplaces” was among the CDC's ten great milestones of public health in the 20th century (CDC 1999). In most jurisdictions, the laws governing occupational safety and health have been consolidated in...

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  1. Mayer Brown LLP, Cologne, Germany

    Adem Koyuncu

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  1. Network EUROlifestyle Research Association Public Health Saxony-Saxony Anhalt e.V. Medical Faculty, University of Technology, Fiedlerstr. 27, 01307, Dresden, Germany

    Wilhelm Kirch (Professor Dr. Dr.) (Professor Dr. Dr.)

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Koyuncu, A. (2008). Labor and Occupational Safety Law . In: Kirch, W. (eds) Encyclopedia of Public Health. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-5614-7_1927

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