Employers Management

The employer manages changes (except for "replacements in kind") with written procedures for changes in process chemicals, technology, equipment, procedures, and facilities. The procedures assure the following before any change ... 

Contractors under a contract for services, like employees, can be sned for breach of contract where they are shown not to have taken reasonable care in their dnties. In practice, however, because of their limited recoverable resources, it is far more likely that they will be dismissed. The position of contractors as independent for the purpose of prosecution for neghgence is complex. Independence implies that the contractor worked outside employer management and employer practice. This is rarely the case and contractors are treated by the law as employees. 

It is not intended to be a substitute for the law. Readers must understand that when the crunch comes it is the responsibihty of the employer/manager to ensure compliance with legislative requirements and, in the ultimate, for the courts to decide if compliance has been achieved. It is hoped that this book will help those responsible to meet their obligations and avoid running foul of the law. 

Although it is ultimately the responsibility of the employer to maintain workplace safety and health, adherence to OSHA occupational safety and health rules is the foundation upon which a good safety and health program can be bnilt. OSHA holds all responsible for the well-being of those who work there, inclnding the employer, managers, supervisors, the worker and his or her fellow workers snch that all mnst abide by the workplace safety and health rules and the OSHA standards. 

Contained in the Electricity at Work Regulations are 33 separate regulatory requirements which place firm responsibilities on employers, the self-employed, managers of mines and of quarries and employees to comply as far as they relate to matters within their control. Additionally, employees have a duty to co-operate with their employers so far as is necessary for the employers to comply with the Regulations. 

I think that as a major employer of people, as an industry that has inherent risks in it and as an industry that views it... as a fact of life, we have got to be responsible employers, (manager, interviewee 43)... 

How can employers manage the music-induced hearing loss issue ... 

The GAO (1982) found that more than ninety percent of the FRA inspectors used to be employed in similar capacities by railroads and still functioned like railroad inspectors. They inspected individual sections of track and did not "employ management analysis or statistical techniques to evaluate railroad operations or support an overall conclusion on the adequacy of a railroad s safety program" (page 9). Also, it is commonly alleged that inspectors can create work for their union exbrothers and can step up inspections to penalize a railroad when there is a labor dispute. 

Must commit to providing a safe and healthy place of work for each enqiloyee. There must be a cooperative effort between the employer, managers, supervisors, and workers. The common goal is to reduce and eliminate injuries. 

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