safety standards

Examples of safety standards in the following topics:

• Employment Policy

  • Employment policy determines living and working standards that need to be met by the state and the federal government.
  • Federal law not only sets the standards that govern workers' rights to organize in the private sector, but also overrides most state and local laws that attempt to regulate this area.
  • Federal law provides minimum workplace safety standards, but allows the states to take over those responsibilities and to provide more stringent standards.
  • The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA) establishes minimum wage and overtime rights for most private sector workers, with a number of exemptions and exceptions.
  • This graph of the minimum wage in the United States shows the fluctuation in government guarantees for minimum standards of labor.

• Business and Labor in the Economy

  • The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 set the maximum standard work week to 44 hours and in 1950, this was reduced to 40 hours.
  • Despite the 40-hour standard maximum work week, some lines of work require more than 40 hours to complete the tasks of the job.
  • Employers' costs can increase due to workers organizing to achieve higher wages, or by laws imposing costly requirements, such as health and safety or restrictions on their free choice of whom to hire .
  • The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 set the maximum standard work week to 44 hours and in 1950, this was reduced to 40 hours.
  • Despite the 40-hour standard maximum work week, some lines of work require more than 40 hours to complete the tasks of the job.

• The New Deal

  • There was no national safety net, no public unemployment insurance, and no Social Security.
  • Housing Authority and Farm Security Administration, both begun in 1937, and the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, which set maximum hours and minimum wages for most categories of workers.

• Health Care Policy

  • Although the federal Medicare program and the federal-state Medicaid programs possess some monopolistic purchasing power, the highly fragmented buying side of the U.S. health system is relatively weak by international standards, and in some areas, some suppliers such as large hospital groups have a virtual monopoly on the supply side.
  • The law also provides a "Health Safety Net Fund" to pay for necessary treatment for those who cannot find affordable health insurance or for those who are not eligible.

• The First Amendment

  • United States, "clear and present danger" became both a public metaphor for First Amendment speech and a standard test in cases before the Court where a United States law limits a citizen's First Amendment rights; the law is deemed to be constitutional if it can be shown that the language it prohibits poses a "clear and present danger.
  • For example, The European Convention on Human Rights permits restrictions "in the interests of national security, territorial integrity or public safety, for the prevention of disorder or crime, for the protection of health or morals, for the protection of the reputation or the rights of others, for preventing the disclosure of information received in confidence, or for maintaining the authority and impartiality of the judiciary. " Similarly, the Constitution of India allows "reasonable" restrictions upon free speech to serve "public order, security of State, decency or morality. "

• Regulatory Commissions

  • The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is an independent regulatory agency intended to promote public health by overseeing food and drug safety.
  • The FDA employs experts in pharmaceuticals and drug safety, who evaluate the potential benefits and consequences of the drug.
  • Following reports on the safety of the drug, the FDA determines whether it can be distributed, to whom it can be distributed, and under what conditions it can be safely consumed.
  • Similarly, Congress may choose to expand the authority of a regulatory agency in response to a perceived threat to public safety.

• Policy Formulation

  • The issue of traffic safety has been solved by various policies throughout time.
  • Building highways is one example of a policy that was used to address the issue of traffic safety.

• Article I

  • The section provides that the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended "except when in cases of rebellion or invasion the public safety may require it"; prohibits bills of attainder or ex post facto laws; bars the imposition of taxes or duties on articles exported from any state or the granting of preference to ports of one state over another; and prohibits civil officers from accepting titles of nobility without the consent of Congress.
  • To coin money, regulate the value thereof, and of foreign coin, and fix the standard of weights and measures;
  • The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in cases of rebellion or invasion the public safety may require it.

• Consumer Interest Groups

  • These groups focus on a number of different issues that include product safety, price issues, and consumer notification.
  • Consumer Reports also continues to do lobbying work around issues such as telecommunications and mass media, health care, and product safety.

• Strict Scrutiny

  • The legal standard of strict scrutiny, the most stringent standard of judicial review, must be used in all court cases involving affirmative action.
  • Strict scrutiny is the most stringent standard of judicial review used in American courts .
  • To meet these standards, the law or program must satisfy three tests:
  • When the court uses the strict scrutiny standard to evaluate affirmative action cases, the court is employing the standard because the court must do so in every case of suspect classification.
  • Describe the three tests a law faces under a strict scrutiny standard