101.055 Public employee safety and health.
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101.055 Public employee safety and health.
(1)Intent. It is the intent of this section to give employees of the state, of any agency and of any political subdivision of this state rights and protections relating to occupational safety and health equivalent to those granted to employees in the private sector under the occupational safety and health act of 1970 ( 5 USC 5108 , 5314 , 5315 and 7902 ; 15 USC 633 and 636 ; 18 USC 1114 ; 29 USC 553 and 651 to 678 ; 42 USC 3142-1 and 49 USC 1421 ).
(2)Definitions. In this section, unless the context requires otherwise:
(a)“Agency” means an office, department, independent agency, authority, institution, association, society, or other body in state government created or authorized to be created by the constitution or any law, and includes the legislature and the courts.
(b)“Public employee” or “employee” means any employee of the state, of any agency or of any political subdivision of the state.
(c)“Public employee representative” or “employee representative” means an authorized collective bargaining agent, an employee who is a member of a workplace safety committee or any person chosen by one or more public employees to represent those employees.
(d)“Public employer” or “employer” means the state, any agency or any political subdivision of the state.