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Employee risk - ---Answers----•wrongful discharge
•whistleblower, retaliation, violations of public policy
•hostile work environments-
Intimidated, threatened, uncomfortable
•workers compensation-
Free of unnecessary hazards
•eliminate the hazard
•reduce the exposure to the hazard
•administrative and engineering controls
•ppe
•workplace violence
Patients, peers, managers, subtle comments/bullying
•patients, co-workers, subtle or direct.
•hiring and firing
•social media or the release of proprietary or patient information
Reluctant to charge with assault
Definition of disability - ---Answers----a physical or mental
impairment that substantially limits one or more major life
,activities or a record of such impairment or being regarded as
having such an impairment.
•the facility must determine the essential job functions of a
position and make reasonable accommodations for a disabled
employee.
Ja- job analysis
Sa
Jha
Retaliation - ---Answers----• may be said to occur when an
employee is subjected to adverse employment action (i.e.
Termination) because of an action he took that was within his
rights (i.e. Reported sexual harassment)
• is more easily proved by the claimant than other allegations. A
claim includes:
•the employee engaged in protected activity
•the employer took adverse action against the employee
•a causal connection exists between the protected activity and
the adverse employment action
Sexual harassment - ---Answers----the abuse of one's position
of authority to force unwanted sexual demands on someone
,•unwelcome sexual advances, request for sexual favors or other
verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature when it is one of
the following:
•is a condition of employment
•is the basis of employment decisions
•interferes with work performance
•creates a hostile work environment
•cost to employers >700 million dollars
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Workers compensation - ---Answers----a form of insurance
paid by the employer providing cash benefits to workers injured
or disabled in the course of employment.
•coverage by the employer for work-related accidents and
illnesses.
•employer covers the cost. In exchange, the employee cannot sue
the employer.
•to improve organizational financial position - employer seeks to
reduce employee work-related losses.
Safe work environment and reduce hazards
, Workplace violence - ---Answers----unconscious/behavioral
Subtle=grows
•an unsafe environment contributes to the increase in staff
injuries and worse patient outcomes.
•violence presents itself in many ways
•physical
•verbal
•behavioral - conscious and unconscious
•many causes
•hierarchy
•bullying
•patient condition
•family dynamics
Hiring and discharge - ---Answers----not preclude hiring
•rules and regulations
•eeoc equal employment opportunity commission, i9s/verify that
an employee is eligible to work in the united states,