A Comparison between Turkish Occupational Health and Safety Act and OSH Act in Terms of Employee Rights and Liabilities

Authors

  • ?kbal Erba? Asistant Professore, Akdeniz University Faculty of Architecture, Department of Architecture, Antalya, Turkey

Keywords:

Occupational Safety, Employee Rights, Turkish Occupational Health and Safety Law, OSH Act, OSHA.

Abstract

Usually forming basic occupational health and safety standards, defining the rights and liabilities of participants is a difficult process in construction sector. This study aims to draw attention to employees` rights and liabilities in terms of ensuring occupational health and safety in Turkey. For this purpose, in the scope of the study, main deficiencies related to the employees` rights and liabilities in Turkish Occupational Health and Safety Law were identified. Also for detecting the main deficiencies, a comparision enviroment is provided between the Turkish Occupational Health and Safety Law and OSH Act as an example for the protection of employees` rights in USA. As a result of this comparision, it is found out that basic deficiencies in the Turkish Occupational Health and Safety Law are insufficiency of the employees` right to speak and insufficiency of the employees` encouragement in terms of stating their complaints with regards to occupational health and safety.

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Published

2017-03-29

How to Cite

Erba?, ?kbal. (2017). A Comparison between Turkish Occupational Health and Safety Act and OSH Act in Terms of Employee Rights and Liabilities. International Journal of Sciences: Basic and Applied Research (IJSBAR), 32(2), 209–225. Retrieved from https://www.gssrr.org/index.php/JournalOfBasicAndApplied/article/view/7059

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Vol. 32 No. 2 (2017)

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