What Is the Main Purpose of the Occupational Safety and Health

question 21

Multiple Choice

What is the main purpose of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration?

• A) To conduct surprise inspections of businesses to see what laws they are violating
• B) To oversee the regulations intended to ensure safe and healthy working conditions for all employees.
• C) To help employees seek restitution if they have suffered as a result of poor working conditions
• D) To threaten all companies with the possibility of fines and other punishment if any employees are injured or killed
• E) To improve the overall quality of the workforce in the United States and to increase global competitiveness

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Pertaining to Great Britain, its people, culture, or history, often used in the context of the British Empire or its colonies.

Salutary Neglect

A British policy in the early 1700s allowing its North American colonies to operate with minimal royal interference, fostering a spirit of independence.

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The governing power or control exercised by British governmental and colonial administrations, historically observed in territories under British rule.