Toggle SlidingBar Area
Just another WordPress site Just another WordPress site Just another WordPress site Just another WordPress site
  • HOME
  • TRAINING
  • TAKE ACTION
    • Campaigns
      • Respect Our Right to Know
      • Public Need Over Corporate Greed
      • Healthy Schools Now
      • Addressing Climate Change
      • Past Campaigns
        • Save Our Safeguards
        • Protecting Whistleblowers
    • Act Now
    • Petitions
    • Public Service Announcements
    • Resources
      • Fact Sheets
      • WEC Reports
      • Health & Safety
        • Ergonomics
        • Infectious Disease
        • Silica
        • Health & Safety Guide
  • NEWS
    • WEConnect
    • Press Releases
    • Opinion Pieces
    • WEC in the News
    • Events
  • ABOUT
    • Mission
    • Key Issue Areas
    • Accomplishments
    • Board
    • Staff
    • Affiliations
  • SUPPORT US
    • Donate
    • Membership
      • Individual
      • Organizational
    • Event Tickets
      • 2016 WEC Annual Awards Dinner
    • Subscribe

Workplace Safety and Health

Home/Fact Sheets/Workplace Safety and Health
Previous Next

Workplace Safety and Health

  • Safety Violations or Illegal Activity at Work: Your Right to Protection (Spanish)
  • Your Employer Must Tell You About Chemical Hazards
  • Background on Worker and Union Involvement During Clean Air Act Section 112(r) Inspections
    On April 2, 2010, the US Environmental Protection Agency issued “Interim Guidance” for involving facility employees and employee representatives in EPA and local agency inspections conducted under Clean Air Act (CAA) section 112(r).
  • Using Risk Management Plan to Improve Health and Safety
    RMP information can be used to support change to safer operations that protect workers and communities.
  • Using Federal Reading Rooms to Research Worst-Case Chemical Release Scenarios
    You can use the information to work with others for safer solutions – such as reducing or eliminating the hazard through the use of safer and more secure chemicals or processes.
  • Make Sure Public Employers Submit Accurate Chemical Right to Know Surveys
    Public employee unions should ensure that public employers do a thorough job completing the 2008 Right to Know Survey.
  • Safe Work, Safe Care Project Brochure
    Learn more about WEC’s Safe Work, Safe Care Project. The goal of the project is to help create and maintain safe, healthy work environments for healthcare workers.
  • Preventing Chemical Accidents: OSHA’s Process Safety Management Standard
    Process Safety Management Training from the NJ Work Environment Council
  • Employers Must Provide and Pay for Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
    Employers have many obligations concerning PPE under Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and Public Employees Occupational Safety and Health (PEOSH) standards.
  • Your Rights Under the New Jersey Public Employees’ Occupational Safety and Health Act
    An overview of your rights.
  • Your OSHA Rights in a Nutshell
    A brief overview of your OSHA rights.
  • How to File a Complaint with OSHA
    How to file a complaint.
  • The OSHA Inspection
    What to do during an OSHA inspection.
  • Using Section 11(c) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act
    You have the legal right to safe and healthy working conditions.
  • Workers’ Whistleblower Rights Under 7 Environmental Laws
    Seven federal environmental statutes contain “whistleblower protection” that was designed to protect workers against employer retaliation for their whistleblowing activities.
  • Health and Safety and the National Labor Relations Act
    This law gives private sector workers legal rights to join unions and bargain collectively with their employer to negotiate improvements in workplace conditions, including health and safety conditions.
  • Health and Safety Rights for Teenage Workers
    How teen workers can assert their health and safety rights on the job.
By WEC Staff| 2016-10-27T02:19:33+00:00 August 25th, 2016|Fact Sheets|0 Comments

Share This Story, Choose Your Platform!

FacebookTwitterLinkedinRedditTumblrGoogle+PinterestVkEmail

About the Author: WEC Staff

Related Posts

  • Permalink

    Healthy School Environments

  • Permalink

    Right to Know and Act to Prevent Toxic Exposures in the Workplace and Community

  • Permalink

    Preventing Chemical Accidents

Leave A Comment Cancel reply

WEConnect



News Categories

  • Act Now
  • Events
  • Fact Sheets
  • Highlights
  • Job Postings
  • Opinion Pieces
  • Petitions
  • Press Releases
  • Uncategorized
  • WEC in the News
  • WEC Reports
  • WEConnect Newsletter

Recent Posts

  • Intern with WEC
  • Request Public Bridge Inspection Reports
  • WEC, Environment NJ, Legislative Leaders & Allies Endorse Bill Mandating Testing & Remediation of Lead in School Drinking Water
  • Notice of intent given to file lawsuit against Linden
  • Urban schools need more than buildings

Archives

Recent Tweets

Tweets by NJWEC

Work Environment Council

The New Jersey Work Environment Council (WEC) is an alliance of labor, community, and environmental organizations working together for safe, secure jobs, and a healthy, sustainable environment. WEC links workers, communities, and environmentalists through training, technical assistance, grassroots organizing, and public policy campaigns to promote dialogue, collaboration, and joint action. Formed in 1986, WEC is the nation’s oldest state labor/environmental (or “blue/green”) coalition.

State affiliate of:

blue-green-logo

cosh-logo

CONTACT INFO

New Jersey Work Environment Council
7 Dunmore Avenue
First Floor East
Ewing, NJ
08618

Phone: 609.882.6100

Get Social

Recent Tweets

  • Great news for our climate and NJ workers just broke with the announcement of the Paulsboro #offshorewind manufactu… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

    4 weeks ago
  • COVID Week 38: Tackling Covid-19 through Training & Health and Safety Committees Tuesday, December 1 @ 10am Registe… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

    2 months ago
  • This Thanksgiving, let’s give thanks to essential workers - like the employees of @UnitexTextile. These laundry wor… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

    2 months ago
WEC is a 501c(3) non-profit organization | All Rights Reserved | Privacy Policy
FlickrFacebookTwitterYoutube