circumvent the process. The City of Jackson, Mississippi contends that Mr. Smith could no longer meet the physical requirements for the job that he held. Mr. Smith argues that the standards that were used to dismiss him from his job are not relevant to his duties. Mr. Smith is supported in this argument by the Trial lawyers for Public Justice (TLPJ) which contend that the city of Jackson, Mississippi used facially neutral practices to dismiss Mr. Smith. Facially neutral practices are described as stringent
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as a part of their occupational duties. I will produce evidence to show that mental health nurses have face-to-face contact with the public due to their interactions with patients and families. Then, I will discuss how mental health nurses evoke desired emotional states within patients through developing close relationships with them in order to make them feel significant and reduce the psychological pain that triggers suicidal acts. Finally, I will show how employers have a degree of control over
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Name:__Jessica Washington_______________ 1. (10 points) What changes are occurring in the workforce relative to the kinds of work employees are performing? Before there was computers to do all the work in manufacturing companies, employers were spending up to 40 cents on the dollar for base pay and compensation packages for employees. Due to all the computer being used today this number has gone down along with the manufacturing employment. Today, less than 20 percent of the workforce
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Assignment 2 By Alfred Onyekaba HSA 515 Health Care Policy Law & Ethics Denise Pica-Branco, Ph.D. Strayer University Identify and explain at least three legal considerations When considering the legalities of this scenario, negligence, vicarious liability, and physician- patient relationship are a few components that affect the outcome of a lawsuit. The amount of legal torts that were violated in this case was enough to cause disputes between patients and healthcare staff. Negligence
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health and safety including general duty of care, safety policy statement, risk assessment, personal protective equipment and etc. Some of these key requirement are the responsibility of the employers well others by the employees. For example employers have to carry out a risk assessment in the health sector to ensure the establishment is safe for staff (carers) and clients (residents). Suitable and sufficient risk assessments must be carried out by the employer. The purpose is to identify hazards
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Defense c) Defense of others d) Defense of Property e) Recovery of Property f) Necessity g) Authority of Law h) Discipline i) Justification 3) NEGLIGENCE (PAGES 7 - 11) a) History b) Elements of A Cause of Action c) A negligence formula d) Standard of care i) The RPP ii) The Professional iii) Aggrivated Negligence e) Rules Of Law f) Violation of Statute (NEGLIGENCE PER SE) i) Applicability of Statute ii) Effect of Statute g) Proof of Negligence i) Court and Jury: Circumstantial Evidence ii) RES IPSA
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EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEE RIGHTS ON DRUG TESTING IN THE WORK PLACE: Employer and employee have different rights and responsibilities in the organization. The right are provided for the productivity of the organization. Drug and Alcohol Testing: The use of drugs such as cocaine and alcohol has received widespread attention in recent years and many private employers now routinely test for drugs and alcohol use. However, the laws regulating drug testing are relatively new. The courts are still
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Employer’s Duty of Care Law, Ethics, and Corporate Governance – LEG 500 Wednesday February 16th 2011 1. Explain whether Jake’s actions are in or out of “his scope of employment.” Working ethically and being compatible with each other in a company is very fundamental in the development of the business. The managers and the employees have to develop a relationship where they agree on a form of understanding within their different levels of the organization and reason out what is needed to
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CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Many nations of the world have striven to industrialize while others are pushing to get there because of the immense benefits accruable from industrialization. The process of industrialization in a nutshell describes a transition from an agrarian society to an industrial society; a shift from a consumer nation to a producer nation; and a movement from dependence on crude methods of manufacturing of cutting edge technology and jet-age ideas. There are certain prerequisites
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necessitates that covered employers make available to employees leave that is related to work, and also unpaid for medical and family reasons that are considered fit. FMLA applies to employers with 50 or more employees, public agencies, and schools (Ford et al 2000). An employee is qualified for FMLA if they have reached 12 months of working for their employer, have worked for 1250 hours for him or her, and works where there at least 50 workers who are working for the same employer (The Family Medical
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