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Enforcement Of Occupational Safety And Health Laws In Virginia: A New Beginning, Anthony F. Troy, Robert D. Perrow
Enforcement Of Occupational Safety And Health Laws In Virginia: A New Beginning, Anthony F. Troy, Robert D. Perrow
University of Richmond Law Review
Preempted in 1972 from enforcing its laws and regulations pertaining to employee safety and health by the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (OSHA), Virginia resumed enforcement activities on January 1, 1977, implementing, pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Act, a unique developmental State Plan. Virginia's resumption of enforcement activity in the area of job safety and health culminated a difficult four-year effort by the legislative and executive branches of Virginia government to gain recognition from the United States Department of Labor that her regulations and the method for enforcing the regulations were "at least as effective" as …
A Technical Look At The Eighty Per Cent Rule As Applied To Employee Selection Procedures, Jacob Van Bowen Jr., C. Allen Riggins
A Technical Look At The Eighty Per Cent Rule As Applied To Employee Selection Procedures, Jacob Van Bowen Jr., C. Allen Riggins
University of Richmond Law Review
In litigation under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, statistical data has been referred to as "the only game in town." This characterization only slightly overstates the importance of statistical data to prove or rebut a case of employment discrimination. In the first decade of Title VII litigation, statistical analysis in the courts was relatively uncomplicated, sometimes involving a mere recital of percentage differences or lack thereof between minority and majority classes. In recent years, however, courts and Title VII litigants have begun to take a more sophisticated view of the use of statistics in Title VII …
Effect Of Virginia Workmen's Compensation Act Upon The Right Of A Third-Party Tortfeasor To Obtain Contribution From An Employer Whose Concurrent Negligence Caused Employee's Death Or Injury, Robert I. Stevenson
University of Richmond Law Review
The Supreme Court of Virginia has never been asked to determine a third party's contribution rights where his negligence has combined with that of an employer to cause personal injury to an employee covered by the Virginia Workmen's Compensation Act [hereinafter referred to as the Act]. Although the question is a novel one in Virginia, courts in other jurisdictions have coped with the problem and have arrived at diverse solutions. At the outset, a brief review of the Act and of the Virginia contribution statute seems appropriate.