1.   Statutory workplace regulations introduced this year require separate accommodation for those choosing to have smoke-free breaks.

2.   Bush has adopted decidedly hard-line positions on a growing number of issues, including pollution, workplace regulation and, most important of all, taxation.

3.   But Congress is likely to try this spring to block the new workplace safety regulations, and if such a resolution is approved, Bush will doubtless sign it.

4.   Expecting repeal by the Senate, House leaders said they planned later this week to take up a bill to nullify the workplace regulations.

5.   Fire officials said safety, not cosmetic, concerns prompted the new policy, which is intended to meet federal workplace safety regulations.

6.   It embroiled members in angry partisan exchanges over workplace safety regulations, administration policies and cuts to scores of programs, from Head Start to job training for adults.

7.   Labor traditionally has supported Democrats, who have been inclined to back minimum-wage increases, stronger workplace safety regulations, collective bargaining and other labor causes.

8.   One notable victim of tougher workplace regulations was former Staples Inc. president Martin Hanaka.

9.   Sen. Paul Simon, D-Ill., introduced a bill last year that would withhold federal contracts from companies with a penchant for flouting workplace safety regulations.

10.   The book includes a good basic introduction to employment law and includes a survey of workplace regulations.