{"id":"DUT-NE-017","kind":"duty","level":"federal","jurisdiction":"United States (Nebraska is a federal-OSHA State with no State plan)","state":"NE","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"United States Congress; enforced in Nebraska by OSHA, U.S. Department of Labor","authority":"Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, Pub. L. 91-596, § 5, 84 Stat. 1593","instrument":"29 U.S.C. § 654 (2020 ed.)","title":"Duties of employers and employees (the general duty clause)","dateIssued":"1970-12-29","effective":"standing throughout 2020 Q2 to 2021 Q3","end":"standing","startDate":"1970-12-29","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["DUTY","EMP"],"addressees":["employers (every employer engaged in a business affecting commerce, 29 U.S.C. § 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":"","functions":[],"notes":"Every employer engaged in a business affecting commerce must furnish a workplace free from recognized hazards likely to cause death or serious physical harm and comply with OSHA standards (including 29 C.F.R. § 1910.132 on PPE and § 1910.134 on respirators); in Nebraska this duty was enforced directly by federal OSHA, whose COVID-19 enforcement instruments are Ex. FED-080 to FED-084.","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-NE","url":"/library/DUT-NE-017","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-NE-017","citation":"United States Congress; enforced in Nebraska by OSHA, U.S. Department of Labor, 29 U.S.C. § 654 (2020 ed.) (standing) (Ex. DUT-NE-017)","stateName":"Nebraska","related":["FED-080","FED-084","DUT-AL-009","DUT-NE-006","DUT-NE-018","DUT-NE-026","DUT-NE-028"]}