Workplace Regulation: Information on Selected Employer and Union
Experiences (Chapter Report, 06/30/94, GAO/HEHS-94-138).

Like many industrialized nations, the United States uses several
different strategies to protect workers.  One way to establish workplace
standards is by enacting statutes that directly set the terms and
conditions of employment and rely on agencies and the courts for
enforcement.  Another strategy is to encourage the direct resolution of
workplace problems by the parties themselves, rather than through
judicial or regulatory recourse.  The first volume of this report
examines the major statutes comprising the framework of federal
regulations and describes the actual work experiences of employers and
unions operating under that framework.  The second volume identifies
various characteristics of the 26 statutes and one executive order
comprising the framework of federal regulations on the workplace and
briefly summarizes the statutes and the executive order, scope of
coverage, nature of penalties, reporting and disclosure requirements of
each executive order, and enforcement.

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 REPORTNUM:  HEHS-94-138
     TITLE:  Workplace Regulation: Information on Selected Employer and 
             Union Experiences
      DATE:  06/30/94
   SUBJECT:  Working conditions
             Occupational safety
             Safety regulation
             Reporting requirements
             Paperwork
             Law enforcement
             Safety standards
             Labor-management relations
             Labor unions
             Labor administrative law
IDENTIFIER:  National Performance Review
             OSHA Voluntary Protection Program
             
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