1. Who is responsible for establishing OSHA standards?
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration sets health and safety standards and insures these standards are implemented by employers through plant and office inspections. The addition or deletion of occupational health and safety standards is declared by the Secretary of Labor. Interested parties may submit written comments regarding a proposal. In establishing standards, the Secretary of Labor must set forth standards to prevent employees from suffering substantial harm to their health even if the employee worked at this job for most of his or her adult life.
2. If an employer is unable to comply with an OSHA standard, what alternative is available to the employer?
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Furthermore, unions and employers should be able to devise an accommodation for the employee that is consistent with the provisions of a collective bargaining agreement. According to the EEOC Guidance, the determination of what is an appropriate accommodation is to be made on a case-by-case basis, tailored to match the specific needs of the disabled individual with the essential functions of the given job. I would advise Steven to confirm if accommodation could in fact be made specific to his religious circumstance since each employee has different circumstances I believe that would be a fair request. Unfortunately, I don’t think they will accommodate him because there are other employees that require accommodation that fall into the specified criteria.
Human Resource Dilemma, Ch 19, #2, p. 452 (Veronica at Didi's).
Veronica is a waitress at Didi’s Diner. She is paid $2.13 per hour, and she is entitled to keep all of her tips, which average $8.50 per hour. Is Didi’s in compliance with the FLSA?
Didi’s is in fact in compliance with FLSA guidelines. The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) requires payment of at least the federal minimum wage to cover, nonexempt employees. An employer of a tipped employee is only required to pay $2.13 an hour in direct wages if that amount plus the tips received equals at least the federal minimum wage, the employee retains all tips and the employee customarily and regularly receives more than $30 a month in tips. If an
The piece of legislation that makes subminimum wage legal is Section 14 (c) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938. Section 14 of the FLSA allows paying tipped workers, new hires under the age of 20, full-time students, interns, and people with disabilities below the federal minimum wage legal. The logic supporting this section is that tipped workers will earn a fair wage because of the tips they earn and that new hires, full-time students, interns, and people with disabilities are in a temporary training part of their career. However, this is not the case for the 300,000 people with disabilities who work at sheltered workshops. (NFB, 2013). As explained previously, people with disabilities are stuck working in sheltered workshops for many years, not just for temporary job training.
Letter number one sites that several other states have switched anyone on tipped wage over to non-tipped. It goes on to say that this action has helped the employment rate of each state grow as a whole. While this is an excellent point, it must be remembered that the entire state changed their policy, not just one restaurant, as is being requested by the Waffle Now server.
Gratuity is a discount or a gift / benefit. Gratuities should be not all the time but sometimes. An officer off duty should never take gratuities because he or she is off duty and if he or she is not in uniform then it is really wrong. An officer that is on duty should be no different. All thought, you are not going to argue with the manager or the business owner. Accepting free meals is unethical if the officer thinks that the meal is already paid for or free. When it is acceptable and ethical, an officer should at least attempt to pay for his or her meal. When an officer is given a free meal, he or she should just put money on the table as a tip.
The fundamental objectives of the OSHA is to ensure “so far as possible every working man and woman in the nation safe and healthful working conditions and preserve our human resources”
Not getting paid for hours worked laws provide that employers must abide by the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) to ensure that all employees are paid for those hours worked. However, many states have their own state laws regarding overtime pay; but the FLSA sets the minimum standard. States can in fact provide additional financial compensation to employees above the FLSA if they choose to do so.
order to waive their right to a meal break, a form much be filled out in which the
Mar'keldrick Keys I think that Waffle Now servers should be paid the higher federal minimum wage for non-tipped employees. I believe the wage will help the servers provide for their family more. Plus the servers rely on the tips for a part of their income. However, the non-tipped minimum wage is a livable wage. Therefore, I think that the servers should be able to know, that they can be able to provide for their family with their wage. Being able to provide for your family with a tipped minimum wage is sometimes hard. On the other hand, the minimum non-tipped wage for employees will help them provide more and have a little money from the tips. Having to rely on tips for a part of your income is outrages. People
With the ever-increasing complexity of the United States tax code, it has become more important than ever for companies to understand and implement possible tax benefits for the company and its employees. One major benefit that applies to both is employer-provided meals. Employer-provided meals have become a major topic due to their double-sided benefits. These are both tax beneficial to employers, as the meals can be deducted by the business as an expense on its federal income tax return, which reduces the business’ tax liability. Concurrently, the benefit of the provided meal is excluded from the taxable gross income of the employee, providing the employee with a tax-free benefit. After fully understanding the laws related to employer-provided meals, a business could begin thinking about implementation of the benefit.
Everyone is equal at work, wages should be the same for employees. They work hard to do their best. It's not fair for servers paying income tax on their tips. This makes them need government assistance and tipping is not enough because there could be some good days and bad days as well.
I’m writing this letter to let you know that the wait staff at the Monterey Plazas popular Schooner Bistro restaurant would like to bring to your attention a serious problem. Even when our servers have given good service some customer’s leave no tip. Many of us have gotten together and decided to bring the problem and a possible solution to your attention per this letter.
As a qualified childcare worker there are certain standards I am expected to meet. These are shown in the table below: Standards Brief description National occupational standards These are the UKs standards individuals must have in the workplace such as their knowledge and performance. These are things such as qualifications, recruitment, CPD, policy development, career development and training. Code of ethics Is a written guide explaining the principles and standard of behaviour you are expected to meet.
In America's service industry, specifically that of food, we have a tradition, if you will, of giving a certain portion of the bill as a grituity to the servers. Over the past year or so this has been a target of controversy, not of whether you should or shouldn't tip necessarily, but whether the servers themselves should get paid the federal or state minimum wage or a sub-minimum wage that is supplemented by the likelyhood of you getting tips from the people you have served. I, however, am a firm believer in the status-quo. That is, I think a sub-minimum wage is a perfectly reasonable thing to do.
With a problem like this one it is tough to pick a side. Servers not only at Waffle Now but all around the world hardly ever make a livable wage. The cost of living has went up by 75% over the last 24 years as said in in the first letter, so for someone to live off of tipped minimum wage is pretty much impossable. Seven states have already starting paying servers Non-tipped wage and in those states, there was higher then average employment growth, increase in restaurant sales and no lost in employment as stated in letter one. One more fact from letter one is that workers that rely on tips are more likely to need government assistance. Now with all the great points I have brought up, there is a few downsides to non-tipped minimum wage. If Waffle
Falls from elevated heights are the leading deaths in the construction industry. They constitute 40% of all fatalities in the construction industry. Statistics have shown that every year the number of fatalities from falls to lower level is increasing instead of decreasing, despite all of the equipment and training is out there for employers. It is a very serious issue, not just in the construction industry but in all of the work force. OSHA has strict work practice for employers to protect their employees from unsafe conditions. OSHA has a National Safety Stand Down every year that focuses on fall protection. They have been successful in the past and continue to progress to reach their goal of 5 million workers, which would be over half of the construction workforce.
The recent Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) inspection has resulted in citations to our auto body repair, painting and welding departments. The inspection citied us for failure to provide personal protective equipment and respirators to our painters and welders. We also where citied for failure to perform a hazard assessment as require by OSHA standard 1910.132. The standard 1910.132 states the employer shall verify that the required workplace hazard assessment has been performed through a written certification that identifies the workplace evaluated; the person certifying that the evaluation has been performed; the date(s) of the hazard assessment; and, which identifies the document as a certification of