human resources management _ section 7-health safety and employee rights

Human Resource
Management

ESSENTIAL PERSPECTIVES
Health, Safety, and Employee rights
Section 7
Robert L. Mathis  John H. Jackson
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by Truong Thi Lan Anh
© 2005 Southwestern College Publishing. All rights reserved.
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Learning Objectives
After you have studied this section, you should be
able to:
– Define
health
,
safety
, and
security
and explain their
importance in organizations.
– Describe the Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA), HSE in Vietnam.
– Discuss the activities that comprise effective safety
management.
– List elements to consider when developing an employee
handbook.
– Differentiate between the positive approach and the

progressive approach to discipline.

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Health, Safety, and Security
 Security
– The protection of employees and organizational facilities.
 Health
– A general state of physical,
mental, and emotional
well-being.
 Safety
– A condition in which the
physical well-being of
people is protected.
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Health
Smoking
at Work
Substance
Abuse
Emotional/
Mental Health
Concerns
Workplace
Air Quality
Workplace

Health
Issues
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Common Signs of Substance Abuse
Figure 15–10
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Health Promotion Levels
Figure 15–11
Source: Developed by Kay F. Ryan (Nebraska Methodist College) and Robert L. Mathis (University
of Nebraska at Omaha).
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Typical Division of Responsibilities:
Health, Safety, and Security
Figure 15–1
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Guide to
Recordability of
Cases Under the
Occupational
Safety and
Health Act (U.S.)
Source: U.S. Department of

Labor Statistics, What Every
Employer Needs to Know About
OSHA Record Keeping
(Washington, DC: U.S.
Government Printing Office).
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OSHA Provisions and Standards (U.S.)
Hazard
Communication
Personal Protective
Equipment (PPE)
Blood-borne
Pathogens
Material Data Safety Sheets (MSDS)
Lock out/tag out regulations
Protection for workers exposed to blood
and other substances from AIDS
Hazard analysis, training, and provision of
PPE to employees
Cumulative Stress
Disorders (CTDs)
Protection from muscle and skeletal
injuries from repetitive tasks
Work Assignments
Protection for reproductive health and
refusal to perform unsafe work
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OSHA Inspections
 On-the-Spot Inspections
– Compliance officers (in U.S.)
– Service companies (private)
 Citations and Violations
– Imminent danger
– Serious
– Other than serious
– De minimis
– Willful and repeated
 ISO14001, ISO19001,
OHSAS18001
OSHA was created in
1970 (U.S.)
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Most Frequently Cited OSHA Violations
(General Industry, Non-Construction)
Figure 15–6
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and
Health Administration, 2001. Available at www.osha.gov.
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HSE – Health, Safety, and Environment
 OHSA: not yet in Vietnam
 HSE in Vietnam:
– : online

community of HSE, with
philosophy “Human first, Save
environment, Encourage
people, and Value Networks”
(HSEVN).
– www.msa.vn;
www.theliner.com.vn
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Approaches to Effective Safety Management
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Other Safety Issues
Employee
Motivation
and Incentives
Safety Policies
and Discipline
Safety
Committees
Safety Training
and
Communications
Employee and
Workplace
Safety
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Security
 Top 8 Security Concerns at Work:
1. Workplace violence
2. Internet/intranet security
3. Business interruption/disaster
recovery
4. Fraud/white collar crime
5. Employee selection/screening
concerns
6. General employee theft
7. Unethical business conduct
8. Computer hardware/software theft
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Profile of a Potentially Violent Employee
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Workplace Violence
Training in Detection
and Prevention
Domestic
Causes
Management
Responses
Workplace
Violence
Issues

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Rights and Responsibilities Issues
 Rights
– That which belongs to a person by law, nature, or
tradition.
 Responsibilities
– Obligations to be accountable for actions.
 Statutory Rights
– Rights based on specific laws and statutes passed by the
government.
– Which laws ??? (Please specified which ones you know)
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Typical Employment Contract Provisions
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Contractual Rights
Key Terms

Contractual Rights
Rights based on a specific contractual
agreement between employer and employee.
Separation Agreement
Agreement in which an employee who is
being terminated agrees not to sue the
employer in exchange for specified benefits.

Employment Contract
Agreement that formally outlines the details
of employment.
Non-Compete
Agreement
An agreement that prohibits an individual
who leaves the organization from competing
with the employer in the same line of
business for a specified period of time.
Implied Contract
The idea that a contract exists between the
employer and the employee based on the
implied promises of the employer.

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Keys for Defense in Wrongful Discharge:
The “Paper Trail”
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Balancing Employer Security Concerns
and Employee Rights
 Right to Privacy
– Defined in legal terms for individuals as the
freedom from unauthorized and unreasonable
intrusion into their personal affairs.
 Privacy Rights and HR Records:
– Access to personal information held by employer

– Response to unfavorable information in records
– Correction of erroneous information
– Notification when information is given to a third
party
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Employee Records
 Employee medical records are to be kept as
separate confidential files (in U.S.: under limited conditions
specified in the ADA – American Dissabilities Act).
 HR Records’ Security
– Restrict access to all HR records
– Utilize confidential passwords to HRIS databases
– Place sensitive information in separate files and
restricted databases
– Inform employees of types of data to retain
– Purge outdated data from records
– Release information only with employee’s consent
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Employee Record Files
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Methods of Dealing with Workplace Theft