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  2. Medical resident work hours - Wikipedia

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    The evidence for harm to people who are deprived of sleep, or work irregular hours, is robust. Research from Europe and the United States on nonstandard work hours and sleep deprivation found that late-hour workers are subject to higher risks of gastrointestinal disorders, cardiovascular disease, breast cancer, miscarriage, preterm birth, and low birth weight of their newborns.

  3. Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act - Wikipedia

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    The law applies when an individual seeks treatment for a medical condition "or a request is made on the individual's behalf for examination or treatment for that medical condition." [1] The U.S. government defines an emergency department as "a specially equipped and staffed area of the hospital used a significant portion of the time for initial ...

  4. United States labor law - Wikipedia

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    Labor law's basic aim is to remedy the "inequality of bargaining power" between employees and employers, especially employers "organized in the corporate or other forms of ownership association". [3] Over the 20th century, federal law created minimum social and economic rights, and encouraged state laws to go beyond the minimum to favor ...

  5. Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 - Wikipedia

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    By 2017 five states and DC had laws for paid family leave: California since 2002, New Jersey since 2008, Rhode Island since 2013, New York since 2016, and the District of Columbia since 2019. [42] [43] Washington state passed a paid family and medical leave law in 2007. In 2015 Governor Jay Inslee secured a federal grant to begin designing a ...

  6. Libby Zion Law - Wikipedia

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    New York State Department of Health Code, Section 405, also known as the Libby Zion Law, is a regulation that limits the amount of resident physicians' work in New York State hospitals to roughly 80 hours per week. [1] The law was named after Libby Zion, the daughter of author Sidney Zion, who died in 1984 at the age

  7. Biggest Myths About The Right-To-Work Laws - AOL

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    What rights do these laws give employees -- and their bosses? AOL Jobs legal affairs blogger Donna Ballman, who is an employment attorney, answers a Biggest Myths About The Right-To-Work Laws

  8. National Labor Relations Act of 1935 - Wikipedia

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    The law established the National Labor Relations Board to prosecute violations of labor law and to oversee the process by which employees decide whether to be represented by a labor organization. It also established various rules concerning collective bargaining and defined a series of banned unfair labor practices , including interference with ...

  9. Occupational licensing - Wikipedia

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    Occupational licensing, also called licensure, is a form of government regulation requiring a license to pursue a particular profession or vocation for compensation. It is related to occupational closure.