Improving the Safety, Health, and Productivity of Transit Operators Through Adequate Restroom Access (2020) / Chapter Skim
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208 United States Workplace Regulations In the United States, transit vehicle operators are guaranteed restroom access in several ways. In addition to federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
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Laws and Regulations About Restroom Access for Transit Vehicle Operators 209 running water. Chemical toilets may be allowed if "(1)
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210 Improving the Safety, Health, and Productivity of Transit Operators Through Adequate Restroom Access Enforcement Process OSHA Area Directors and compliance officers encourage agreements between employers and workers on how to provide needed access to toilet facilities. Issuing a citation does not in itself resolve the problem.
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Laws and Regulations About Restroom Access for Transit Vehicle Operators 211 accommodations, and the health impact of the employer's policies. (This checklist is available in this volume in "Templates for Restroom Access Policies and Boilerplate Contract Language" and in modifiable Microsoft Word format on the summary web page for this guide on the TRB website (trb.org)
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212 Improving the Safety, Health, and Productivity of Transit Operators Through Adequate Restroom Access In 2014, the Washington State Department of Labor & Industries fined an employer $3,500 because it did not give the 2,700 transit vehicle operators "unrestricted access to restroom facilities when needed to relieve themselves" and failed to provide running water at a terminal portable toilet facility for more than 6 years (Washington State Department of Labor and Industries 2014)
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Laws and Regulations About Restroom Access for Transit Vehicle Operators 213 The federal Fair Labor Standards Act defines requirements for pay and hours of work (U.S. Department of Labor 2019)
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214 Improving the Safety, Health, and Productivity of Transit Operators Through Adequate Restroom Access Columbia, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Labrador and Prince Edward Island also specifically define a "place of employment" to include vehicles or mobile equipment. Ontario's workplace definition includes a "thing at, upon, in or near which a worker works"; Nunavut has a similar definition (Government of Canada, Minister of Justice 2019)
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Laws and Regulations About Restroom Access for Transit Vehicle Operators 215 Office of the Revisor of Statutes.
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