{"id":"DUT-GA-008","kind":"duty","level":"federal","jurisdiction":"United States (applies directly in Georgia, which has no State occupational-safety plan for private employers)","state":"GA","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Congress (Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, Pub. L. 91-596, section 5, 84 Stat. 1590, 1593)","authority":"U.S. Const. art. I, section 8 (Commerce Clause); 29 U.S.C. section 651 et seq.","instrument":"29 U.S.C. section 654","title":"Duties of employers and employees (the general duty clause)","dateIssued":"1970-12-29","effective":"standing","end":"standing","startDate":"1970-12-29","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["EMP","DUTY"],"addressees":["employers (every employer engaged in a business affecting commerce, 29 U.S.C. section 652(5)); employees"],"clause":"(a) Each employer (1) shall furnish to each of his employees employment and a place of employment which are free from recognized hazards that are causing or are likely to cause death or serious physical harm to his employees; (2) shall comply with occupational safety and health standards promulgated under this chapter.","enforcement":"Civil penalties under 29 U.S.C. section 666 (serious, willful, repeated and failure-to-abate violations); criminal penalties for a willful violation causing death (section 666(e)); federal OSHA (Region IV, Atlanta-East, Atlanta-West and Savannah Area Offices) enforces in Georgia","functions":[],"notes":"Every Georgia employer engaged in a business affecting commerce had to furnish a workplace free from recognized hazards likely to cause death or serious physical harm (SARS-CoV-2 was a recognized hazard from the first days of the emergency) and to comply with OSHA standards, including the Healthcare Emergency Temporary Standard, 29 C.F.R. section 1910.502, from June 21, 2021; each employee \u0027shall comply with occupational safety and health standards and all rules, regulations, and orders issued pursuant to this chapter\u0027 (subsection (b)).","sourceUrl":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCODE-2020-title29/pdf/USCODE-2020-title29-chap15-sec654.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":128162,"grade":"primary","character":"workplace_duty","description":"","collection":"DUT-GA","url":"/library/DUT-GA-008","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-GA-008","citation":"Congress (Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, Pub. L. 91-596, section 5, 84 Stat. 1590, 1593), 29 U.S.C. section 654 (standing) (Ex. DUT-GA-008)","stateName":"Georgia","related":["FED-088","AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-020","DUT-LA-010"]}