Legal, Safety, and Regulatory Requirements Gary Allford HCS/341 8 August 2011 Lee Hoffman Legal, Safety, and Regulatory Requirements According to the Bureau of Labor, statistics indicate that more than 4.1 million people were hurt or injured on-the-job in 2006 and 5,488 were killed in 2007 (Gomez-Mejia, Balkin, & Cardy, 2010, p. 511). Laws and regulatory requirements are currently in place to standardize and promote workplace safety. Organizations with extensive safety programs
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Assessment 5 Question 1 Item | Your Approach | a) List 5 policies/procedures the organisation needs to ensure best practice for separation/termination? | Five policies/procedures the organisation needs to ensure best practice for separation/termination include: * Separation and Termination of Employment Policy: this policy deals with most issues relating to separation and termination some of these issues include: Abandonment of employment, unlawful termination, suspension of employment
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The Human Resource Department has many legal laws, safety laws and requirements to abide by to prevent law suits against companies. The Human Resource Department must follow the rules given by the U.S. Department of Labor, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the American with Disabilities Act of 1990, the Department of Homeland Security, and many other laws. Each law is accompanied by a set of regulations cover all aspects about the law. These laws were put in place to prevent any
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Legal, Safety, and Regulatory Requirements Valencia Simpson HCS 341- Human Resources Management March 24, 2014 Author Note This paper was prepared for Human Resources Management- HCS341, taught by Alejandra Sipion. Safety, legal, and regulatory requirements in any organization is the most important law because the department involves developing, employing, utilizing, managing and understanding the staff in an organization. According to Gomez, Mejia, Balkin, and Cardy (2010) legal
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Legal, Safety, and Regulatory Requirements Joshua A. Barron HCS/341 November 11, 2011 Lee Hoffman Legal, Safety, and Regulatory Requirements: Introduction and The Human Resource Process The Oxford English Dictionary defines Humane as being characterized by sympathy with and consideration for others; feeling or showing compassion towards humans or animals; benevolent, kind (2011). The safety, legal, and regulatory influence on the human resource department differs
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Legal, Safety, and Regulatory Requirements Celletta Tate HCS/341 Human Resources in Health Care 2/11/13 Gina Drake The safety, legal, and regulatory is the most important law an organization because the department involves employing, developing, utilizing, managing and understanding the staff in an organization. Legal concerns can play an important role in staffing, particularly in selection (Gomez-Mejia, Balkin, and Cardy, 2010). Many legal restraints, particularly federal legislation
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Legal & Safety Felisha Torres HCS/341 Angela Thomas March 12, 2012 Legal & Safety A huge effect of legal, safety, and regulatory requirements are significant when it comes to the human resource process. It is important for all human resource departments to be fully aware of safety, legal, and regulatory requirements for the protection of both the employer and the employee. I agree with the statement “Common sense and compassion in the workplace has been replaced by litigation
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Legal, Safety, and Regulatory Requirements Destiny Hill HCS 341 October 24, 2011 Legal, Safety, and Regulatory Requirements The development of the Human Resource Department has facilitated a safety net for all employees to fall under and build a stable environment for employees to feel safe and secure. In the health care environment the workplace is filled with different personality types. The differing needs creates a challenge for the department of human resource
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Effects of Legal, Safety and Regulatory Requirements Teresa A. Davis University of phoenix Mary Newby HCS/341 Aug 27, 2012 Legal, Safety, And Regulatory Requirement In the United States, human resources managers must follow state and federal laws related to employment, labor relations and wages. Human resources managers must have a strong understanding of the Fair Labor Standards Act, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Family and
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Legal, Safety, and Regulatory Requirements Lisa Christopher HCS/341 September 12, 2011 Michelle Calvin-Casey Legal, Safety, and Regulatory Requirements In examining the effect of legal, safety, and regulatory requirements, and its impact on the human resource department process as they relate to many different entities of operations within an organization. These entities impact the human resource department by ensuring the rights of the employer and employees are covered by the National
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