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A 12 page discussion of the question of whether or not minimum workplace standards can be established across the board in the UK workplace. Noting that the “Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations” which are in place are probably the vaguest of all in regard to establishing specific standards in terms of substances which might be toxic to workers, the author reviews the dangers of several specific toxins and relates them to the “Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations” and other UK guidelines. The conclusion is reached that uniformity in minimum standards is an achievable goal but that this uniformity will require government and industry working together. Bibliography lists 17 sources.
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vary according to a number of factors. These include the type of industry or business involved as well as the type of management employed in that industry or business.
The government is seen as an overseer of the various workplaces in terms of insuring that workplace conditions conform to certain minimum standards in terms of employee health and
welfare. The question of whether a uniform minimum standard is achievable, however, is highly controversial. Typically those addressing this question find themselves polarized against one another. Some
are adamant that not only are minimum standards achievable but that it is the governments place to establish those standards and to regulate businesses to the point that they comply.
Others feel that the government not only has no place in business but that industries and businesses vary so much that minimum standards are simply unachievable.
While both of the arguments presented above have a certain degree of validity, the reality is that governments around the world have imposed minimum
standards. In the U.S. these standards are dictated by a body of laws regulated by Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA) as well as several other governmental entities.
In the U.K. too a variety of entities and laws regulate the workplace. The Workplace (Health, Safety, and Welfare) Regulations of 1992, for example, regulate facilities in regard
to such factors as temperature, ventilation, lighting, and general cleanliness. Both of these governmental attempts to apply minimum standards have, for the most part, been successful. The question
as to whether uniform minimum standards can be established across workplaces in regard to other potentially dangerous workplace conditions, however, is considerably more complex than is allowed by the vague
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