Employer's statutory responsibility in accordance to Occupational Safety and Health Act 1994
Law imposes responsibility on employer to provide a safe dan healty working environment to his employee. Justifiably, a workplace accident is a tragedy, which may disturb the economic development of not only an organization but a country. With that, the Occupational Safety and Health Act 1994 (OSHA)...
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| description | Law imposes responsibility on employer to provide a safe dan healty working environment to his employee. Justifiably, a workplace accident is a tragedy, which may disturb the economic development of not only an organization but a country. With that, the Occupational Safety and Health Act 1994 (OSHA) has been promulgated to ensure the safety, health and welfare of an employee in public and private sectors in Malaysia are safeguarded.Therefore, this article identifies statutory responsibility of an employer in accordance to the AKKP together with discussion on the burden of proof and prosecution against an employer for his infringement of the responsibility. In writing of this article, the writer use legal research methodology, which emphasises on doctrinal approach. At the end,
recommendations are posted for a betterment of employees’ safety and health in Malaysia. |
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| spelling | uum-255082019-01-29T02:45:20Z https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/25508/ Employer's statutory responsibility in accordance to Occupational Safety and Health Act 1994 Hassan, Mumtaj Md Salleh, Anis Shuhaiza KZ Law of Nations Law imposes responsibility on employer to provide a safe dan healty working environment to his employee. Justifiably, a workplace accident is a tragedy, which may disturb the economic development of not only an organization but a country. With that, the Occupational Safety and Health Act 1994 (OSHA) has been promulgated to ensure the safety, health and welfare of an employee in public and private sectors in Malaysia are safeguarded.Therefore, this article identifies statutory responsibility of an employer in accordance to the AKKP together with discussion on the burden of proof and prosecution against an employer for his infringement of the responsibility. In writing of this article, the writer use legal research methodology, which emphasises on doctrinal approach. At the end, recommendations are posted for a betterment of employees’ safety and health in Malaysia. Global Academic Excellence 2018 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/25508/1/IJLGC%203%2013%202018%2044%2053.pdf Hassan, Mumtaj and Md Salleh, Anis Shuhaiza (2018) Employer's statutory responsibility in accordance to Occupational Safety and Health Act 1994. International Journal of Law, Government and Communication, 3 (13). pp. 44-53. ISSN 0128-1763 http://www.ijlgc.com/archived.asm |
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| title | Employer's statutory responsibility in accordance to Occupational Safety and Health Act 1994 |
| title_full | Employer's statutory responsibility in accordance to Occupational Safety and Health Act 1994 |
| title_fullStr | Employer's statutory responsibility in accordance to Occupational Safety and Health Act 1994 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Employer's statutory responsibility in accordance to Occupational Safety and Health Act 1994 |
| title_short | Employer's statutory responsibility in accordance to Occupational Safety and Health Act 1994 |
| title_sort | employer s statutory responsibility in accordance to occupational safety and health act 1994 |
| topic | KZ Law of Nations |
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