Health and safety legislation Two of the most important pieces of health and safety legislation affecting educational establishments across the UK are the Health and Safety at Work‚ etc Act 1974 and the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999. These set the standards that must be met to ensure the health and safety of all employees and others who may be affected by any work activity. Other regulations also exist to cover work activities that carry specific risks‚ for example lifting
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The Supreme Court of the United States is not only the highest court‚ but it is also the only part of the federal judiciary specifically required by the Constitution.The Constitution also granted Congress the power to establish other courts‚ a power that that was first used in 1789 when Congress created the district and appeals courts‚ which are now called the lower courts. Article III of the Constitution states that‚ “The judicial Power of the United States‚ shall be vested in one supreme Court
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It was clear that The Articles made a weak federal government thus it gave more power to the states. While the U.S. used the Articles‚ it faced many economic problems due to the lack of the power of the federal government. One of the main problems was that the federal government is that it had no control to impose
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Federal Highway Policy: Minimum Legal Drinking Age Ashley Miller American National Government Mark Ladd February 17‚ 2014 The Minimum Legal Drinking Age (MLDA) laws were created in the US after the Prohibition in 1933. AT this time‚ many states set the MLDA at 21. When the voting age was lowered to 18 in 1971‚ many states also lowered their drinking age to 18 or 19 (Fell‚ 2009). After the lowering‚ the amount of alcohol related accidents involving young adults age 18 to
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Health and safety legislation Staff to pupil ratio Specific legal requirements for ratios of adults to children that all early years providers must meet. These specific legal requirements have the force of regulations and therefore must be complied with by all early years providers. These legal requirements reflect the needs of the children in their care and are appropriate to their setting. Children under two.... * In a child care setting there should be at least one member of staff
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Legislation of Management and Unions Labor unions have been a staple in many different industries. The purpose of a union is to organize workers‚ to act cooperatively together‚ requesting to promote and protect their mutual interests through collective bargaining. With the rise of unions across the United States came pieces of legislation to help define the rights of management and the members of the labor unions. There are three pieces of legislation that have played an important role in defining
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helped in the development of both the State and Federal prisons and the level of security which is assigned to the prisoners. The first stand alone U.S. Penitentiary was an old military prison at Fort Leavenworth‚ Kansas and began housing criminals in 1895 ("The Official Website Of Chester County‚ Pennsylvania"‚ 2011). The jail system in Pennsylvania became over crowded there for the state had to build more jails in the country to house the in mates. The federal prison “jails are locally
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Anti – Bullying Policy Objectives Our Own High School Anti-Bullying Policy outlines what the School will do to prevent and tackle bullying. The policy has been drawn up through the involvement of the staff and prefectural body. Definition Bullying is “Behaviour by an individual or a group‚ usually repeated over time that intentionally hurts another individual either physically or emotionally”. Bullying can be short term or continuous over long periods of time. Types of Bullying:
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teen motherhood is really like. For many of the studies on teen pregnancy‚ Canada‚ England‚ and the USA are compared to each other because they have many of the same standards. “Despite declining birth rates over the past few decades‚ the United States continues to have the highest teen pregnancy rate of all industrialized countries” (Crittenden CP et al‚ 2009). According to an American study‚ “750‚000 girls get pregnant each year‚ 31% of teenage girls get pregnant at least once before the turn
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Jo Littler BEYOND THE BOYCOTT Anti-consumerism‚ cultural change and the limits of reflexivity This article focuses on the possibilities and limitations of reflexivity in contemporary anti-consumerism activist discourse. Opening by noting that much contemporary anti-consumerist discourse has a fraught relationship with what was once termed ‘identity politics’‚ in that it often attempts to reject or negotiate with an idea of identity politics that is figured as existing in the recent past‚ the article
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