area concerned with the safety, health and welfare of people engaged in work or employment. The goals of occupational safety and health programs include fostering a safe and healthy work environment. OSH may also protect co-workers, family members, employers, customers, and many others who might be affected by the workplace environment. Human resources are one of the most important features of many businesses. A business’ success relies heavily on the effectiveness to which this resource is managed
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Understanding the role of the social care worker 1.1 Explain how a working relationship is different from a personal relationship The difference between a working relationship and a personal relationship is that a professional relationship is governed by professional codes of conduct and employer policies and procedures. Fundamentally, it is vitally important to maintain professional boundaries between other staff members and individuals in your care, taking care to maintain a strong sense of
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preserving the integrity of the family. FMLA applies to any employer in the private sector, which is engaged in commerce or in any industry or activity affecting commerce, and who has 50 or more employees each working day for at least 20 calendar weeks in the current or preceding calendar year. The law applies to all public institutions (state and local authorities) and local educational institutions (schools, whether public or private). These employers do not have to meet the "50 employee" test. Section
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charges and advised Herrera that he would be reprimanded. Herrera resigned to avoid disciplinary action. Six days later, Steele wrote a recommendation letter on Herrera’s behalf that portrayed him as an “excellent employee” and told prospective employers: “I am confident that you would find [Herrera] to be an excellent employee.” (Walsh, 2010, p.149). Also, constructive verbal references were made by another Detention Center supervisor. Plaintiff sued the County for negligent misrepresentation
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Veterans Fought for Us, We Should Fight for Them After the terror attacks on September 11, 2001, the United States of America went to war determined to protect our country and seek out those that wanted to hurt us. As a result of being at war for almost 10 years, we are left with approximately 1.3 million veterans since 2002 and many of those with physical disabilities and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) (Newhouse, 2011). The Iraq and Afghanistan wars have left a new generation of veterans
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Difference between contract law, tort law, and common law. * Contract law refers to written agreements and oral promises * General principles of contract law determine whether an employer-employee relationship exists and what remedies apply to breach of the employment agreement. * A contract has three elements, offer, acceptance and consideration. * Tort law refers to any wrongdoing * A tort is a wrong for which there is legal remedy. * Tort law is a branch of civil law
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Chadwick based on a sex-based stereotype that a mother with young children would neglect her work duties in favor of her parental obligation?” The court held for the plaintiff, Laurie Chadwick. The court reasoned that even though Title VII does not prohibit discrimination based on the responsibilities of a caregiver, this case involved stereotyping based on sex. The court reasoned that the employer based its decision on an assumption that Chadwick’s work performance would decline in favor of her
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Grade Received, "A" Respondeat superior is when an employer is found to be responsible for the wrongful acts of his/her employees. The two legal elements that have to exist in order for the employer to be found responsible for his/her employees actions are: (1) it must be proven that the employee must have acted in their own scopes of employment, and (2) the deed done by the employee must’ve been related to his/her employment (Fremgen, 2012). In order to be thought of as being inside the scope
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in the workplace. Statutory duties of employers and employees relating to health, safety and welfare: In the past health and safety in the workplace was very much the employer’s responsibility. Now, employees have more rights and responsibilities and the emphasis has shifted so that current health and safety focus on employers and employees working as a partnership to ensure that everyone is safe in the workplace. There are various explicit duties that an employer has towards their employees
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those who do not. Many employers are allowed by law to ban smoking at the work place. Many employees won’t smoke at the workplace but will smoke off duty. Employers are closely monitoring employee’s lifestyle behaviors outside of the workplace. Employees are faced with many stresses as to what they can’t do outside of the workplace. Smoking outside of the work place has created tensions between anti-smoking employers, nonsmoking employees, and employees who do smoke. Many employers want to control and
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