Federal regulation of the nonprofit world: From congressional oversight to “intermediate sanctions”

The Worker Protection Standard (WPS) is a Federal regulation designed to protect agricultural workers (people involved in the production of agricultural plants) and pesticide handlers (people mixing, loading, or applying pesticides or doing other tasks involving direct contact with pesticides).There are certain exemptions in the WPS rule that have been revised pertaining to agricultural establishment owners and their immediate family members. This fact sheet explains these new provisions.

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Worker Protection Standard: Information at a Central Location

EDIS ◽

10.32473/edis-pi149-2019 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 2016 (7) ◽

Author(s):

Frederick M. Fishel ◽

Tatiana Sanchez

Keyword(s):

Direct Contact ◽

Agricultural Workers ◽

Specific Information ◽

Federal Regulation ◽

Central Location ◽

Agricultural Pesticides ◽

Full Implementation ◽

Standard Information ◽

Agricultural Plants ◽

General Guidance

The Worker Protection Standard (WPS) is a Federal regulation designed to protect agricultural workers (people involved in the production of agricultural plants) and pesticide handlers (people mixing, loading, or applying pesticides or doing other tasks involving direct contact with pesticides). It has been in full implementation since 1995. This document provides general guidance to help you comply with the requirements of the Federal Worker Protection Standard (WPS) for agricultural pesticides, 40 CFR part 170, as amended in 2015. This document addresses specific information that agricultural establishments must display at a central location for their employees.

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Oversight

10.23943/princeton/9780691149257.001.0001 ◽

2011 ◽

Author(s):

Michael D. Minta

Keyword(s):

Civil Rights ◽

Affordable Housing ◽

Federal Agencies ◽

Negative Stereotypes ◽

Linked Fate ◽

Congressional Oversight ◽

Policy Debates ◽

The Subject ◽

Minority Interests ◽

Black And Latino

This book answers the question of whether black and Latino legislators better represent minority interests in Congress than white legislators, and it is the first book on the subject to focus on congressional oversight rather than roll-call voting. The book demonstrates that minority lawmakers provide qualitatively better representation of black and Latino interests than their white counterparts. They are more likely to intervene in decision making by federal agencies by testifying in support of minority interests at congressional oversight hearings. Minority legislators write more letters urging agency officials to enforce civil rights policies, and spend significant time and effort advocating for solutions to problems that affect all racial and ethnic groups, such as poverty, inadequate health care, fair housing, and community development. This book argues that minority members of Congress act on behalf of broad minority interests—inside and outside their districts—because of a shared bond of experience and a sense of linked fate. It shows how the presence of black and Latino legislators in the committee room increases the chances that minority perspectives and concerns will be addressed in committee deliberations, and also how minority lawmakers are effective at countering negative stereotypes about minorities in policy debates on issues like affirmative action and affordable housing.

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