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The US Through the Year
Work and Workplaces in the U.S.
Food and Agriculture in the U.S.
Education in the U.S.
Families and Home Life in the U.S.
Citizens in Action in the United States
 A posed photo of two white women and a black man in a suit.
Employment
  1. Social Security and Retirement
  2. Retirement Age and Social Security
  3. Working at Home
  4. Longer Years of Retirement
  5. Employment trends
  6. Foreign workers in the United States
  7. Mexican Workers in the United States
  8. Workplace Safety Standards
  9. Work-related Injuries and Deaths
  10. Growth of Large Corporate Farming
  11. Union Membership Across the United States
  12. Laws Regarding Working Women
  13. Labor Contracts in the United States
  14. Right-to-Work Laws
  15. Public worker unions in the United States
  16. Unemployment insurance
  17. Equal Opportunity Employment Laws
  18. Workers’ Compensation
  19. Minimum Age for Agricultural Employment
  20. Minors in the Workplace
  21. Minimum Wage
  22. Employment of Persons with Disabilities
  23. Major Equal Employment Legislation in the U.S.
  24. Employment in the Service Sector
  25. Unemployment
  26. State’s Unique Worker’s Compensation Laws
  27. Life on Unemployment
  28. Minimum Wage and Poverty
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ヘルメットをかぶり、黄色いベストをはおった労働安全衛生局の職員たちが打ち合わせをしています。
世界貿易センターの悲劇の現場で、空気採取の手順について話し合うOSHAの職員たち。
写真提供：The United States Occupational Safety and Health Administration
労働安全基準
1970年代初頭、社会規制機関と安全・衛生・環境を改善することを目的とした法律がいくつか制定されました。新たに設立されたのは、環境保護局（EPA）、労働安全衛生局（OSHA）、消費者製品安全委員会（CPSC）、運輸省道路交通安全局（NHTSA）、そして原子力規制委員会（NRC）です。これらの機関が設立された当初は、規制や執行の仕方が厳しすぎるという苦情が多くの企業から出されましたが、時が経つにつれ、アメリカにおける衛生、安全、環境のすべてが改善されました。
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