Are you a forth amendment absolutist? If not then you probably don't care that a federal bureaucracy has just proclaimed for themselves the power to overrule it.
Wednesday, January 05, 2000
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Home inspections next
That's where OSHA ruling must lead.
Companies that allow employees to work at home -- even part-time -- are responsible for keeping conditions at those home work sites up to federal health and safety standards, according to a new Labor Department advisory.
The decision covers millions of people, "not only the estimated 19.6 million adult workers who regularly telecommute from their homes to their jobs, but also millions more who work at home occasionally -- even the parent who has to dash out of the office to be with a sick child and finishes a memo at home," The Washington Post reported Tuesday.
Needless to say, OSHA was quick to assure all parties the agency has no intention of conducting inspections at private homes the way it does at employer work sites. It also insists the ruling will not actually require employers to routinely inspect the home work sites of their employees -- though (wink wink, nudge nudge) OSHA warns that employers should demand home workers certify they have first-aid kits at hand and file "emergency medical plans." Also, any injuries occurring at the home office must now be reported on the employer's injury log.
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AMENDMENT IV
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized. |
