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In the United States, smoker protection laws are state statutes that prevent employers from discriminating against employees for using tobacco products. Currently twenty-nine states and the District of Columbia have such laws. Although laws vary from state to state, employers are generally prohibited from either refusing to hire or firing an ...
Instead, Alabama's 2003 statewide smoking law, the Alabama Clean Indoor Air Act, generally prohibits smoking in public places and public meetings [9] unless a smoking area is designated that in certain places must be "enclosed and well ventilated". [10] Warning signs must be posted appropriately. [11]
The Michigan Legislature created the modern Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Act, Public Act 154 of 1974, in order to better prevent workplace injuries, illnesses and fatalities in Michigan by: setting and enforcing occupational safety and health standards; promoting safety and health training and education; and working with partners to develop innovative programs to prevent workplace ...
What are Florida's smoking laws? Under state law: The Florida Clean Air Act (FCAA) of 1985 was created to protect people from the health hazards of secondhand tobacco smoke and vapor and start a ...
The ban expands a 2022 law prohibiting smoking on public beaches and according to lead sponsor, Sen. Joe Gruters, R-Sarasota, would provide “guardrails” for a proposed constitutional amendment ...
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The Department of Community Health was created in 1996 through an executive order merging Department of Public Health (as Community Public Health Agency), Department of Mental Health, Medical Services Administration from the Department of Social Services, responsibility for Liquor Control Commission, Licensing, Monitoring and Accreditation and Division of Occupational Health from Department of ...
About half of U.S. states have right-to-work laws in place. With the repeal, Michigan became the first state in nearly 60 years to abandon the policy, which is opposed by labor advocates.