Overview of Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA)
It is very important to have laws that protect the people from any kind of malpractice or injustice. Having such laws in the workplace not only gives employees mental satisfaction, but will also save them from the injustices by employers that they may experience or witness.
The state of California, through the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), ensures that employees work in an environment which is healthy and are up to the safety standards of the state.
What is OSHA?
As mentioned before, OSHA is an agency of the United States Department of Law which ensures that in every state each employee gets a safe and healthy workplace. The agency was formed after the creation of the OSH Act of 1970 in order to enforce strict safety standards and provide training, education, and assistance to employees.
OSHA also has a “whistle-blower policy” which states that employees may report any malpractice or injustice that they experience, and the agency will take strict actions against the employer.
How Does OSHA Defend Against Unpaid Wages?
Recently the Occupational Safety and Health Administration and the Wage and Hour Division of Employment Standard Administration (ESA) have joined forces to provide a fair working environment to the employees in California.
This settlement ensures that the agencies coordinate to help all working men, women, and children in the state of California.
The Fair Labor Standards Act has set standards for minimum wage and maximum working hours, overtime hours, and overtime payouts. They look after all these factors and make sure these rules are being followed.
If an employer is making its employees work overtime and holding back their overtime payouts this where, both OSHA and ESA step in. This is to ensure that there is no harm done to an employee’s health due to working overtime. If an employer has failed to pay its employees the wage for overtime then they are liable to pay a fine for this malpractice and also pay all the overtime dues.
Thus, The Occupational Health and Safety Administration and the Employment Standard Administration have successfully helped many individuals get their unpaid wage from their employers.
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