Employees, and self-employed

Section 8 of the Act places a duty on all persons, whether they be employers, employees or self-employed, and states ... 

The general duties of employers and self-employed persons include in s. 3 a requirement to conduct their undertakings in such a way that persons other than their employees are not exposed to risks to their health and safety. In certain cases information may have to be given as to what these risks are. 

Over three-day lost time injury If there is an accident connected with work (including physical violence) and an employee, or self-employed person working on the premises, suffers an injury and is away from work or not doing their normal duties for more than three days (including weekends, rest days or holidays) but not counting the day of the accident, the responsible person must send a completed accident report form, F2508, to the enforcing authority within ten days. 

These Regulations place specific duties on employers, self-employed people and employees (see Regulation 11(2) and Regulation 21(5)). Table 20.4 summarizes the scope of the employer s (and self-employed people s) duties in respect of employees and other people. 

Table 20.4 Summary of employer s (and self-employed people s) duties in respect of employees and others.

General duties of employers and self-employed to persons other than their employees (Section 3)... 

Every employer and self-employed person must give to persons (not being his employees) who may be affected by the way in which he conducts his undertaking the prescribed information about such aspects of it as might affect their health and safety. 

The Act introduced for the first time a comprehensive and Integrated system dealing with workplace health and safety and the protection of the public from work activities. By placing duties of a general character upon employers, employees, the self-employed, manufacturers, designers and importers of work equipment and materials, the protection of the law, rights and responsibilities are available and given to all at work. 

Regulation 3 requires every employer and self-employed person to make a suitable and sufficient assessment of the health and safety risks to employees and others not in his employment to which his undertakings give rise, in order to put in place appropriate control measures. It also requires review of the assessments as appropriate, and for the significant findings to be recorded (electronically if desired) if five or more are employed. Details are also to be recorded of any group of employees identified by an assessment as being especially at risk. 

Employers must, as far as is reasonably practicable, have regard for the health and safety of contractors employees or the self-employed who may be affected by the company s operations and for the health and safety of the general public. This covers, for example, the emission of noxious or offensive gases and dust into the atmosphere, or danger from plant and equipment to which the public or those not directly employed by the company have access. 

This is an organization of doctors and nurses based in area offices and form the medical arm of the HSE. The EMAS provides advice, at the request of the employer, employee, self-employed, trade union representative or medical practitioner, on the effects of work on health. 

Employees and/or the self-employed use the plant at work. For full details of the requirements under these Regulations reference should be made to the following The Pressure Systems and Transportable Gas Containers Regulations 1981... 

The needle stick log will help both employees and employers track all needle sticks to help identify problem areas. The log must be maintained to protect the confidentiality of the injured employee. In addition, employers must have a written Exposure Control Plan that is updated annually. During the annual review, inquiries must be made about new or prospective safer options. If new safer devices are available, they should be adopted for use in the agency. The new guidelines will help reduce needle stick injuries among health care workers and others who handle medical sharps. Safety engineered devices such as self-sheathing needles and needleless systems can be used. 

There are general requirements in establishing an individual retirement account. First you must be an employee or a self-employed individual who is not participating in a qualified pension, profit sharing, or stock bonus plan of an employer. Therefore, if you are employed by a corporation (or a non-corporate entity) and that organization maintains a retirement plan under which you are covered, you are excluded from... 

You should be aware that if you are involved in two or more situations, you could be an employee in one and an independent contractor in another. As an employee, both social security tax and income tax are withheld from your salary. As an independent contractor, you must estimate your income tax and social security tax liability and pay it in advance quarterly installments. Therefore, until the end of the year the amount withheld on salary will generally exceed the amount paid in by the independent contractor, and based solely on the value of the use of money, an independent contractor theoretically saves the interest on this difference. Also, for 1976 the amount of social security withheld from your salary is 5.85% of the first 15,300, but the amount of social security tax an independent contractor must pay is 7.9% of the first 15,300 of self-employment income. This difference in percentages can result in a maximum of 313 savings for the employee over the independent contractor. 

The statute covers all employers and their employees in all the states and federal territories, with certain exceptions. Generally, the statute does not cover self-employed persons, farms employing solely family members, and those workplaces covered under other federal statutes. Refiners must evaluate whether the chemicals they manufacture and sell are hazardous. Under the General Duty Clause of OSHA, employers are required to provide an environment that is free from recognized hazards that could cause physical harm or death. 

Laboratory management must provide for the continuous appraisal, training and development of individuals at all levels in the organizatioa Training and education is, in fact, part of the remuneration package for all level of employees in the laboratory, as well as for self-employed chemists. 

Medicare is an entitlement program and serves all eligible beneficiaries regardless of income or medical history Like Social Securify, Medicare is based on a system of social insurance. Medicare is composed of two programs. Medicare Part A covers inpatient care in hospitals and skilled nursing facilities. It also covers hospice care and some home health care. Part A is financed by a 1.45% payroll fax paid by bofh employees and employers (2.9% for self-employed persons). Currenf employers and employees pay for the health care of current Medicare beneficiaries, wifh the expectation that when they reach age 65 they will receive the same benefits. In the U.S., when people turn 65 years of age, they are automatically eligible for Medicare s Parf A, and they do not have to pay for the hospital insurance if they, or a spouse, paid Medicare taxes when they were working. 

Universal health insurance was established in 1961. Nearly the entire population is covered through the employer plans or through programs for the unemployed, retired, or self-employed. Employees pay 10% of the cost of treatments, up to an annual ceiling, and also pay a portion of their premiums, with their employers. 

The CNE differs from the traditional employment contract on account of the possibility for mutual termination within a 2-year period during which the specific protection provisions governing termination are suspended. All private-sector employers or enterprises (industry and commerce, self-employed professionals and farmers) are allowed to conclude CNEs. Mixed enterprises, corporations under public law, sheltered workshops and private persons acting as employers are precluded. CNEs are designed exclusively for enterprises with up to 20 employees and do not provide for ary age limits. 

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