After reading chapter 13, you should be able to: Discuss the importance of benefits as a part of employee compensation, summarize the types of employee benefits required by law, describe the most common forms of paid leave, identify the kinds of insurance benefits offered by employers,...
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Chapter 13 Ensuring a Safe and
Healthy Work Environment
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§ Established health and safety standards and empowered OSH Administration to ensure standards are met
§ Authorized inspections and fines for violations
§ Requires employers to keep records of illnesses and injuries, and calculate accident ratios
§ Applies to almost every U.S. business engaged in interstate commerce
The Occupational Safety and Health Act
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• Employees have right to call OSHA
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• from other federal, state or local agencies, individuals, or news media
§ Followups
• inspection of industries with the highest injury or illness rates
§ Planned or Programmed Investigations
• of industries with high injury rates
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meat processing lumber and wood products
roofing and sheet metal
chemical processing
transportation warehousing
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• Form 300 must be maintained by employers
§ Must report any workrelated illness; report injuries that
require medical treatment besides first aid, involve loss of
consciousness, restriction of work or motion, or transfer to another job
§ Incidence rate: number of illnesses, injuries or lost workdays
as it relates to a common base of fulltime employees
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Trang 8§ Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 allows fines up to $70,000 if violation is severe, willful and repetitive
§ Fines can be for safety violations or failure to keep adequate records
§ Courts have backed criminal charges against
executives when they have willfully violated health and safety laws
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repetitive stress
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workplaceviolence
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smokefreeenvironment
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repetitive stressinjuries
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§ Significant costs to U.S. corporations annually in healthcare claims
Contemporary Safety and Health Issues
STRESS!
The American Institute of Stress, www.stress.org, offers a wealth of information, including this questionnaire that assesses stress levels:
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Trang 23• Balancing the need to energize people with the need to minimize dysfunctional stress
• Deciding how much an employer can intrude on employees’ personal lives
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Trang 25§ Employee Assistance Programs (EAPs) are costeffective counseling to help employees overcome problems such as:
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§ Help control rising health insurance costs
§ Confidentiality is guaranteed
§ For every dollar spent on EAP programs, studies estimate a return of $5.00 to $16.00 in savings
§ Employees and supervisors must be familiar with and trust the program and perceive EAPs as worthwhile
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Trang 28§ Health related items
• Uptodate health certificate providing records of employee vaccinations
• General first aid kit that includes overthecounter and prescription medications and other supplies that might not be available to U.S. workers abroad
§ Safety concerns
• Emergency plans help expatriates anticipate medical needs and locate
resources
• U.S. Department of State “hotline” provides travel alerts about such issues as terrorist activity or disease outbreaks
• Security concerns prompt recommendations regarding travel modes, attire, and
“blending in”
International Safety and Health
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6. EAPs give employees visits with counselors at the company’s expense.
True!