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I'm pretty sure that the employer would, or at least could, be held liable here in Norway and in the UK.

> So, sometimes, even when people know the risks, they still harm themselves for money!

In many places this is not really a free choice because alternatives that do not harm one's health do not exist or demand qualifications that the prospective employee does not have. Requiring the employer to police this raises the standard everywhere and the employees would no longer have to make that trade off.



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