Currently company directors have no legal obligation to comply with health and safety laws.

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Buchanan, says Hoffa, is good on globalization (meaning he's against it) but not so great on other labor issues (health and safety laws, for example).

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Your call for an easing of planning restrictions in the south-east is a familiar refrain, much as politicians lambast civil servants or tabloids ridicule health and safety laws.

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According to the State Board of Dentistry, the investigation into Harrington's practice found "numerous violations of health and safety laws and major violations of the State Dental Act, " the health department said.

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But a firm of employment lawyers, Thompsons, said it did not believe Mr Prescott was going far enough, arguing that automatic jail sentences should be brought in for company executives who flout health and safety laws.

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They are often exploited by unscrupulous recruitment agencies whose exorbitant fees mean they start work with heavy burdens of high-interest debt, or by employers who withhold workers' passports and don't bother abiding by health and safety laws.

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He says that he supports antitrust laws, occupational health and safety regulations, equal-opportunity-employment requirements, and mandatory unemployment insurance.

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Finally, what of the argument that the new global economy makes it impossible for governments to mandate social protection, such as minimum-wage laws, rules on working hours, health-and-safety standards in the workplace, and so forth.

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These whistle-blower provisions provide broader remedies for employees than do other whistle-blower protection laws, such as those protecting employees who face retaliation for reporting environmental or health and safety offenses.

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