The health and safety at work act (1974) puts a responsibility on all
employers to provide a safe environment at work for their employees
and is probably the main law regarding health and safety in the work
place. It gives employers the responsibility of providing a clean
environment to work in; safety checks on all machinery/equipment,
competent trained and supervised staff and the welfare of employees at
work.
This law has had a massive impact on sport especially in gyms and
health centres as it has provided much safer places of work out, as
all machinery/equipment now has to be checked regularly for faults and
all staff has to be fully qualified preventing injuries and saving
lives. Failure to meet these legal responsibilities could result in
criminal prosecution.
The data protection act (1988) states that personal information must
be obtained fairly and legally and should not be kept for any longer
than necessary. It also states that the person of whom the personal
data belongs to must be informed of why their data is needed and to
whom it is being disclosed to. Data must remain confidential at all
times. This laws main impact would have been on gyms and health
centres as when you sign up for a membership you have to give medical
details on any health problems you might have along with other
personal information such as your telephone number, address, etc. the
data protection acts prevents these company's of disclosing any of
your information to anyone without your approval and that it must be
erased when you are no longer a member.
The fire safety and safety of places of sport act (1987) was put in
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...t also provides youths with a better level of coaching, as
the coaches have to be qualified.
The disability discrimination act (1993) requires that any sort of
discrimination whether it be racial or harassment, victimisation or
discriminate against someone's disability is unacceptable in general
any practice that makes distinctions between individuals or groups so
as to a disadvantage some and advantage others is illegal.
This law has had a massive effect as it now means in sport everyone is
treated fairly no matter there race, gender or disability everyone
must be treated the same. This prevents people from not bothering due
to them feeling out of place or leaving clubs or coaching session due
to a form of bulling. Discrimination stops people playing sport and we
want to promote sport and increase participation.
Present players in the National Football League disagree with all the protective rules now but when they are no longer playing football it’ll be a different story. Players also tend to forget that they won 't be playing football forever and that they will need to be healthy later on in life when they can no longer play football. It’s not okay for players to complain about the safety rules now, and then later claim the National Football
The Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) is a customer-driven organization that is focused on finding faster, easier, and more effective and efficient ways to deliver their services in all of their customer interactions. With a focus on improving services to customers, the WSIB has introduced E-services to make it quicker and easier for workers, employers, and healthcare professionals to report claims, and enable employers to access their account information.
The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) was originally enacted in 1938. The law is enforced by the Wage and Hour Division of the U.S. Department of Labor, and includes 5 major provisions that protect employees. (TEXT) The five provisions include: coverage, minimum wage, overtime pay, youth employment, and record keeping. Coverage refers to the types of workers whom are protected by the FLSA. The FLSA also handles compensation issues like minimum wage, commissions, bonuses, expenses like room and board and other various deductions. To ensure that employees receive adequate compensation for working additional hours the FLSA has developed rules governing overtime pay. The Act also created and implemented rules governing youth
... part of the games heritage. Sports have changed and will continue to do so. There will always be that technological advance that gives players an edge, but one can guarantee that there will be someone who thinks that edge is harmful to the game. To protect the integrity, each sport adds regulations and rules to the rulebook if necessary. As seen with golf, the golf ball and titanium driver are completely different than when they were back in 1960, but the USGA has placed regulations on how they are manufactured. Thus, in 2000, the winner only scored two strokes better on the most prestigious tournament the professionals play each year. Critical or not, professional sports are changing, becoming more competitive, and with it comes controversy. The facts are out there, and only you can be the one to answer the question, is technology harming professional sports?
The Fair Labor Standards Act The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) was passed by Congress on June 25th, 1938. The main objective of the act was to eliminate “labor conditions detrimental to the maintenance of the minimum standards of living necessary for health, efficiency and well-being of workers,”[1] who engaged directly or indirectly in interstate commerce, including those involved in production of goods bound for such commerce. A major provision of the act established a maximum work week and minimum wage. Initially, the minimum wage was $0.25 per hour, along with a maximum workweek of 44 hours for the first year, 42 for the second year and 40 thereafter. Minimum wages of $0.25 per hour were established for the first year, $0.30 for the second year, and $0.40 over a period of the next six years.
allowed to return to the field?" Many sports have been made safer over the years with rule changes and
suffer from, players should protect themselves at all cost on and off the football field which
Differences and inequalities in relation to sport can be based on several elements such as race, gender, class, or disability. We will explain how different sort of evidences from DD102 support the claim made by Kath Woodward that 'Sport reflects and creates differences and inequalities' (Woodward, 2014, p. 73). This essay will look at how the Oscar Pistorius example demonstrates how rules are created in sport. The evidence will highlight differences between disable and body-able. Following that, we will consider barriers that prevent some social groups from participating in sport, namely people with disability and women. Then we will explore number based evidences supporting the claim that sport reflects and creates class differences and inequalities
The new rules to Football are much stricter than they used to be. Some rules that have changed include changes to the Red and Yellow cards, usage of a fourth referee, changing of the ball and cleats, prohibition of physical violence during games, and specific rules and regulations. Before, many people did not play Football with rules, they just played for fun, therefore the invention of the Red and Yellow card greatly advanced the competitive aspect of Football. Along with this, people did not always use the balls and cleats that we’ve used today, they used animal skins stuffed with light-weight materials and regular shoes. Now, professional Football players are required to wear specific kinds of cleats and are required to use footballs that are a certain size and meet the standard requirements. Since many people used to play for fun, there was much violence when it came to who ...
“The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) was created in 1938 to establish a minimum wage and a limit on the number of hours which may be worked in a standard work week. It also provides standards for equal pay, overtime pay, record keeping, and child labor.” This law was created during a time period of great financial and political turmoil.
When examining the issue of criminal acts in sports it is easy to realize that there are many places where these acts occur. The range of these acts is far more vast than just in the professional arenas. This is, however, what the public sees and hears about most often. While this is one of the major topics of this paper, criminal acts are found in all of sport ranging from professionals, to college, high school, and in youth sports, including the reaction of the fans. This paper will take an in-depth look at the four major points regarding criminal acts in sport: the acts themselves; the consequences of those acts; the possible reasons for the acts occurring; an analysis of a few major events that have occurred and the possible solutions to the problem of criminal acts in sport. In the section about fan reaction to sport, there will be an overall account of the individual acts and not personal cases due to the overload of personal events that occur.
Dealing with the issue of sport and ethnology, three major factors come to mind; prejudice, racism, and discrimination. These factors span across gender, ethnic, racial, religious, and cultural groups. In the following paragraphs, I will discuss how these factors have played a part in the evolution of sport in our society. The first issue tackled in this paper will be racism in sports, followed by prejudice and discrimination.
Introduction Canadian health and safety legislation requires companies and organizations to make a commitment towards occupational health and safety. Maintaining a safe workplace environment has numerous benefits. A safe work environment can boost employee morale, increase productivity, and improve job satisfaction. For companies and organizations, these benefits can lead to less turnover and increased employee retention. They can also reduce absenteeism while improving the culture and image of a company or organization.
In the early 1900s industrial accidents were commonplace in this country; for example, in 1907 over 3,200 people were killed in mining accidents. At this time legislation and public opinion all favored management. There were few protections for the worker's safety. Today's industrial employees are better off than their colleagues in the past. Their chances of being killed in an industrial accident are less than half of that of their predecessors of 60 years ago. According to National safety Council (NSC), the current death rate from work-related injuries is approximately 4 per 100,000, or less than a third of the rate of 50 years ago. Improvements in safety up to now have been the result of pressure for legislation to promote health and safety, the steadily increasing cost associated with accidents and injuries, and the professionalization of safety as an occupation. When the industrial sector began to grow in the United States, hazardous working conditions were commonplace. Following the Civil War, the seeds of the safety movement were sown in this country. Factory inspection was introduced in Massachusetts in 1867. In 1868 the first barrier safeguard was patented. In 1869 the Pennsylvania legislature passed a mine safety law requiring two exits from all mines. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) was established in 1869 to study industrial accidents and report pertinent information about hose accidents. The following decade saw little progress in the safety movement until 1877, when the Massachusetts legislature passed a law requiring safeguards for hazardous machinery. In 1877 the Employers' Liability Law was passed. In 1892, the first safety program was established in a steel plant in Illinois, in response to the explosion of a flywheel in that company.
...Though there have been various laws and rules in the sports, athletes didn’t hesitate breaking those rules. Using drugs in the sports a favorable outcome (to win) and gambling have speeded to the maximum. Athletes are cheating in sports through drugs and gambling leads to cheat to get the name, fame, money and rewards and instead of using their own effort and ability to work. They cheat when they don’t have to and when they get caught it ruin their career. In addition, gambling itself is addictive and the athlete who begins losing the money can be dangerously vulnerable to different destructive behaviors. Drug use and gambling are harmful for the career. Finally, all cheating in sports has to eliminate to save the spirit of sports.