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  2. Whistleblower protection in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Government leave policy is established by public law. [89] Employees working for private companies operate under different rules, and if state laws require time for employee breaks and meals, restricting employee movement could be an arrest in some areas. Due to unequal protection, government employees are at greater risk of serious abuse by ...

  3. National Labor Relations Act of 1935 - Wikipedia

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    National Labor Relations Act of 1935 § 7 Under section 8 (29 U.S.C. § 158) the law defines a set of prohibited actions by employers, employees, and unions, known as an unfair labor practice. The first five unfair labor practices aimed at employers are in section 8(a). These are, (a)(1) "to interfere with, restrain, or coerce employees in the exercise of the rights guaranteed in section 7 ...

  4. Negligence in employment - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. Negligence in employment encompasses several causes of action in tort law that arise where an employer is held liable for the tortious acts of an employee because that employer was negligent in providing the employee with the ability to engage in a particular act. Four basic causes of action may arise from such a scenario: negligent ...

  5. East Palestine, Ohio, train derailment - Wikipedia

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    The fire from the accident burned until February 5. [33] A Civil Emergency Message was issued by the National Weather Service in Pittsburgh, PA at 10:10 PM for Columbiana County, Ohio. [39] On February 6, DeWine and Shapiro ordered the mandatory evacuation of all residents within a 1-by-2-mile (1.6 by 3.2 km) area. [22]

  6. Law Enforcement Officers' Bill of Rights - Wikipedia

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    The Law Enforcement Officers' Bill of Rights (LEBOR, LEOBR, or LEOBoR) is a set of rights intended to protect American law enforcement personnel from unreasonable investigation and prosecution arising from conduct during the official performance of their duties, through procedural safeguards. [1] It provides them with privileges beyond those ...

  7. Good Samaritan law - Wikipedia

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    Good Samaritan law. Good Samaritan laws offer legal protection to people who give reasonable assistance to those who are, or whom they believe to be injured, ill, in peril, or otherwise incapacitated. [1] The protection is intended to reduce bystanders' hesitation to assist, for fear of being sued or prosecuted for unintentional injury or ...

  8. Occupational Safety and Health Act (United States) - Wikipedia

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    Signed into law by President Richard Nixon on December 29, 1970. Major amendments. Safety Appliance Act. The Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 is a US labor law governing the federal law of occupational health and safety in the private sector and federal government in the United States. It was enacted by Congress in 1970 and was signed ...

  9. Workers' compensation (United States) - Wikipedia

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    Early laws permitted injured employees to sue the employer and then prove a negligent act or omission. [10] [11] (A similar scheme was set forth in Britain's 1880 Act. [12]) Statewide workers' compensation laws were passed in New York in 1898, Maryland in 1902, Massachusetts in 1908, and Montana in 1909.