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OSHA places requirements on both employers and employees to help ensure a safe workplace.

Please respond to all of the following prompts:

Since the goal of OSHA is to ensure a safe workplace, some employers require employees to submit to drug tests and criminal background checks as a condition of employment.

  • What is the purpose and function of the act?
  • What is the employer’s role in overseeing OSHA standards?
  • Do these pre-employment requirements (i.e. drug screening, criminal checks) help make the workplace safer? Why or why not?
  • Do these requirements infringe on an employee’s right to privacy? Why or why not?
  • If you were an employer, would you refuse to hire anyone with a criminal background? What factors would you consider?
  • Discuss how pre-employment requirements help ensure a safer workplace.
  • Do you think the penalties for OSHA violations are appropriate, too strict, or too lenient?