Transcript Human Resource Management TENTH EDITON SECTION 5 Employee Relations and Global HR Robert L. Mathis  John H.

Human Resource
Management
TENTH EDITON
SECTION 5
Employee
Relations
and
Global HR
Robert L. Mathis  John H. Jackson
Chapter 15
Health, Safety, and Security
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Learning Objectives
After you have read this chapter, you should be
able to:
– Define health, safety, and security and explain their
importance in organizations.
– Discuss several legal requirements affective health
and safety.
– Identify the basic provisions of the Occupational
Safety and Health Act of 1970.
– Describe the Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA) inspection and recordkeeping requirements.
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Learning Objectives (cont’d)
– Discuss the activities that comprise effective safety
management.
– Discuss three different workplace health issues and
how employers are responding to them.
– Explain the three levels of health promotion in
organizations.
– Discuss workplace violence as a security issue and
describe some components of an effective security
program.
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Health, Safety, and Security

Health
– A general state of physical, mental, and emotional
well-being.

Safety
– A condition in which the physical well-being of
people is protected.

Security
– The protection of employees and organizational
facilities.
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Typical Division of Responsibilities:
Health, Safety, and Security
Figure 15–1
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Legal Requirements for Safety and Health

Workers’ Compensation
– A legally-mandated insurance fund that provides
compensation to employees for work-related
injuries.

Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
– Allows eligible employees to take up to 12 weeks of
leave for their serious health conditions.

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
– Employers attempting to return injured employees
to “light duty” work may undercut the essential
functions of the job.
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Workers’ Compensation Injuries
Source: Based on data from Liberty Mutual Group, in “Insurer Ranks
Leading Worker’s Comp Injuries,” National Underwriter, March 19, 2001, 7.
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Figure 15–2
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Selected Child Labor Hazardous Occupations
Figure 15–3
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Occupational Safety and Health Act

Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970
– Passed to assure safe and healthful working
conditions.
– Occupational Safety and Health Administration
(OSHA) administers provisions of the Act.
– OSHA Enforcement Standards regulate equipment
and working environments:
• The “general duty” of employers to provide safe and
healthy working conditions.
• Notification and posters are required of employers to
inform employees of OSHA’s safety and health
standards.
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Private Industry Injury Rate
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, 2001.
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Figure 15–4
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OSHA Provisions and Standards
Hazard
Communication
Material Data Safety Sheets (MSDS)
Lock out/tag out regulations
Blood-borne
Pathogens
Protection for workers exposed to blood
and other substances from AIDS
Personal Protective
Equipment (PPE)
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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Guide to
Recordability of
Cases Under the
Occupational
Safety and Health
Act
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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Figure 15–5
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OSHA Inspections

On-the-Spot Inspections
– Compliance officers
– Marshall v. Barlow’s, Inc.
Dealing with an Inspection
 Citations and Violations

– Imminent danger
– Serious
– Other than serious
– De minimis
– Willful and repeated
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Most Frequently Cited OSHA Violations
(General Industry, Non-Construction)
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and
Health Administration, 2001. Available at www.osha.gov.
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Workplace Injuries by Employment Size
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, 2001.
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Approaches to Effective Safety Management
Figure 15–8
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Other Safety Issues
Safety Policies
and Discipline
Safety
Committees
Employee and
Workplace
Safety
Employee
Motivation
and Incentives
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Safety Training
and
Communications
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Phases of Accident Investigation
Figure 15–9
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Health
Substance
Abuse
Smoking
at Work
Workplace
Health
Issues
Emotional/
Mental Health
Concerns
Workplace
Air Quality
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Common Signs of Substance Abuse
Figure 15–10
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Health Promotion Levels
Source: Developed by Kay F. Ryan (Nebraska Methodist College) and Robert L. Mathis
(University of Nebraska at Omaha). May not be reproduced without permission.
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Security

Top Eight Security Concerns at Work:
– Workplace violence
– Internet/intranet security
– Business interruption/disaster recovery
– Fraud/white collar crime
– Employee selection/screening concerns
– General employee theft
– Unethical business conduct
– Computer hardware/software theft
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Profile of a Potentially Violent Employee
Figure 15–12
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Workplace Violence
Domestic
Causes
Management
Responses
Workplace
Violence
Issues
Training in Detection
and Prevention
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Security Management
Security
Audit
Controlled
Access
Workplace
Security
Computer
Security
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