Land Use in a Nutshell (Nutshell series) - Softcover

Mark Rothstein

9780314924995: Land Use in a Nutshell (Nutshell series)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 031492499X ISBN 13: 9780314924995

Publisher: Thomson West, 2010

This handbook focuses on general legal doctrine and practical considerations of the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA), including law and regulations, enforcement standards, duties and rights of employers and employees, defenses, pre-hearing and hearing procedures, and appellate review. Covers scope of the Act, duties under the Act, enforcement, adjudication, and OSHA-related litigation. Appendixes include glossary of abbreviations and acronyms; statutes; act sections of the United State Code Conversion Table; text of the 1970 OSHA; and commission procedural rules, Freedom of Information Act regulations, and rules implementing the Equal Access to Justice Act. Discussion in this edition includes changes in the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commissions Rules of Procedure at 29 CFR Part 2200; the effect of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 (GINA) on occupational safety and health; and the recent case on liability under the multi-employer doctrine, Solis v. Summit Contractors, Inc., 558 F.3d 815 (8th Cir.2009).

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