...Legal, safety and regulatory requirements on HR process Name Course Instructor Institution Date Safety, legal and regulatory matters have an enormous effect on the human resource because common sense and compassion in the workplace has been replaced by litigations. In the society today, litigation seems to be an increasing greatly and administrators try to create human resource processes that avoid any possible litigation on them and their organizations (Dimond, 2010). I completely agree with the statement “common sense and compassion in the work place has been replaced with litigation.” The number of employee who are attempting to sue or are suing an organization has increased, the reasons why employees are doing this is out of revenge and not for valid reasons. When the economy begins to spiral downwards, there is always a significant increase in litigations in the workplace. The United States is continually making aware of the reduction in the occupations available. Most people have been left unemployed due to the current recession. There is a number of employees who have been laid off from their recent jobs that they expected to have retained. Finding a job security can be hard and most employees fear their financial security. Employees who fail to land another job often choose to sue their recent employer. With an increase in the number of employees who are attempting or suing the organization that they previously worked for, administrators are adjusting the ways...
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...“Planning Process through Safety Analysis and Accident Prevention to reduce losses in the course of Asset Protection” Whenever we are relating to the issue of Safety Analysis and Accident Prevention in Trinidad and Tobago, we must communicate with OSHA. Occupational Safety and Health in Trinidad and Tobago has been administered since 1948 thru the Factories Ordinance 1948 and was amended in 1952. In 1973, Trinidad and Tobago examined a number of drafts to be amended and reviewed the health and safety law. In 2004, the Occupational Safety and Health Act was assented to, and on February 17, 2006 OSHA came into effect, it covers all aspects of work undertaken in an industrial establishment; however, it excludes coverage to residential premises, it also retracted numerously outdated legislation for instance the employment of women but, more in particularly the Factories Ordinance. Asset protection can be defined as the concept of strategies to be used for guarding one's wealth. It is a type of planning intended to protect one's assets, (www.investopedia.com/terms/a/asset-protection). In the 18th century employers didn’t realize the value of providing safe environments for their employers until World War 1&2, where the connection between quality and safety was discovered. Labour shortages resulted from the war, due to the number of people leaving to go fight for their country as some would say ‘performing their patriotic duty.’ As a result, employers could not afford to lose...
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...The ABC’s of Failure – Getting Rid of the Noise in Your System For the past 40 years, I have observed many companies, including DuPont (where I spent 27 years) pursuing planned maintenance with the standard tools of planned maintenance: inspections, planning, scheduling, materials procurement, CMMS systems, etc. with the same results. They succeed for a while and get their percent planned and scheduled maintenance up to the 80+ only to see that drop back later to 60 I am amazed how many of the companies we work with have had this experience. This pattern of behavior has led us to conclude that the reason for this experience is that only 60% of the normal work of maintenance is inherently plannable. The rest of the work is created by random acts of what we are now calling care-lessness. The sites where we see people break this pattern and achieve 92% to 96% planned maintenance for the long term without regressing, are the ones who eliminate the inherently unplannable work. Of course, this cannot be done by maintenance alone. Everyone who does work at a site contributes to the defects that create the unplannable work, and therefore everyone must participate in eliminating the defects that create the 40% of the work that is unplannable. In the diagram below we attempt to more clearly articulate the true significance of Defect Elimination by outlining the ABC’s of failure. Fundamentally, failures happen because things that exist are not perfect. To reduce failures we must eliminate...
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...There have been numerous enquiries and studies into the accident to try to understand what happened, the goal of the enquiries was to establish where the fault and therefore guilt lay in order to ascertain compensation. This report attempts to apply key concepts from behavioural finance with a view to understanding the thought processes behind the decisions that were made. In the last decades there have been a lot of studies documenting the impact of psychological traits on the decisions made by managers. This report while touching on them, will not go into detail regarding the various technical difficulties encountered on the Deepwater Horizon and will instead focus on understanding the thought process of the various players involved. We will also briefly cover BP’s historical safety record as this will help us understand some of the behavioural factors in play within the organization. While BP was the principal on the Deepwater Horizon rig there were also other parties like Transocean , the rig operator, Halliburton, who operated in a consultancy position, Anadarko and Schlumberger. These companies played a part in the crisis and their performance and relationship to BP will be explored as well. BP’S ORGANIZATION STRUCTURE AND CULTURE BP under Lord Browne was a very silo based organization. Business units were under direct control of asset managers and they and their teams were incentivized by their assets performance. I worked at BP between 2007 and 2008 and it was very...
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...Curtin University of Technology Department of Civil Engineering Environmental Engineering Management 690 Assignment 2 Management of Health and Safety at Work in the Chemical Industry Prepared for: Professor Geoff Taylor By: Mohammed Alshiha Student ID: 13884145 Date: Jan 1st 2010 1.0 Introduction 1 Declaration (i) I have read and understood Curtin University’s policy on plagiarism and I confirm that the work submitted on the 1st of January by me is my own work, and that the work of any other person contained therein is clearly acknowledged. (ii) The work has been written since the 8th of December 2009. (iii) The references in the work do directly relate to the material appearing immediately before them in the text. (iv) All word-for-word quotes from another author are in quotation marks. Mohammed Alshiha ID#13884145 1.0 Introduction 2 Contents 1.0 Introduction ................................................................................................................................ 3 2.0 Safety Management System ........................................................................................................ 5 3.0 Risk Analysis ................................................................................................................................ 7 3.1 Search for hazards ................................................................................................................... 7 3.1.1 Systematic...
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...ATOS is a system employed in the aviation system with intention of enhancing the surveillance and certification of air carriers processes. It evaluates the air carrier safety operating systems by use of system safety principles, risk management (RM), safety attributes, as well as engineering practices structured system. The aviation system contains oversight model that is basically a protection system. Protection systems are designed to safeguard customers from receiving inferior services and goods, and from possible production activities harm. This includes possible harm from environment damage, loss of property and equipment, occupational hazards, and airplane accidents. The aviation system also contains Quality Management Systems and Safety Management Systems that are also part of the protection systems. There is an association between the protection and production systems which is based on aspect of exerting influence and exchanging information. The design ensures that production systems are influenced by the protection systems by enhancing control (N.a., 2012). The ATOS contains a design assessment function that guarantees that the operating systems of an air carrier comply with the safety and regulation standards which include the need to offer service at the highest safety level in the public interest. Safety is the output of the effectively designed system, and thus, design assessment is a very essential ATOS function. Poor designs of the system compromises risk management...
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...Design Improve Construction Safety?: Assessing the Impact of a Collaborative Safety-in-Design Process Marc Weinstein1; John Gambatese, M.ASCE2; and Steven Hecker3 Abstract: This paper analyzes the impact of a large-scale safety-in-design initiative during the design and construction of a semiconductor manufacturing facility in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. Drawing on multiple data sources including individual interviews, group interviews, construction documentation, and an expert panel involved in the initiative, the writers identify 26 potential design changes on the project and assess the importance of timing, trade contractor involvement, and the type of design change in determining whether a proposed design change was ultimately integrated into the final construction plans. The writers further consider whether adopted design changes would have occurred in the absence of the safety-in-design initiative and whether the accepted design changes ultimately impacted construction site safety on the project. This analysis of a full-scale safety-in-design initiative provides important insights into how injury prevention efforts in the construction industry can begin upstream by involving designers, engineers, and trade contractors in preconstruction processes. DOI: 10.1061/ ASCE 0733-9364 2005 131:10 1125 CE Database subject headings: Construction management; Design; Safety; Injuries; Accident prevention. Introduction The notion that the safety of construction worksites...
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...Chemical Inventory Management System David Acker Auburn University Risk management and Safety Abstract Managing chemical inventories at colleges and universities is one of today’s major challenges for higher education. This is especially true for large, diverse, research-oriented institutions like Auburn University. Knowing what chemicals are on site, their hazard potential, who is responsible for them, and where they are located is essential to maintaining a safe campus. Additionally, Federal and State regulations dealing with hazardous waste, chemical security, and emergency preparedness have become more stringent in recent years, requiring greater accountability from colleges and universities. These safety and regulatory compliance imperatives, along with issues of environmental sustainability and cost containment, drive the need for effective chemical inventory management in the university environment. In order to achieve effective chemical inventory management at Auburn University, Risk Management and Safety (RMS) has implemented a Chemical Inventory Management System (CIMS). The technological core of the CIMS is a chemical tracking database that provides realtime, discreet (to the individual container) monitoring of chemical inventories. The database has the capacity to accurately link the chemical container to hazard data, location, user, and acquisition date. Personnel, equipment, and budgetary resources were required to support the implementation phase, and ongoing...
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...Walt Disney World’s perspective of the safety of all the guests is of vital importance. As Walt Disney World provides exceptional guest service, their point of view regarding safety of all the guests is to provide the safest environment possible even though the security checkpoints can be a hassle for the guests. Walt Disney World and other theme parks continually must enhance their approach to security and continue to change and or add additional security measures with the changing times of the world. The issue of security checkpoints when entering the park met the company’s needs. Safety is important to Walt Disney World’s needs. The most important need of the company is to provide a safe environment for not only the...
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...As part of the online application process, you will be required to accept the terms and conditions of the following: * Conflict of Interest * Confidentiality Agreement * Intellectual Property Waiver Upcoming Topic: How to deal with Mental Health in Patients! Are medications the only answer? Find out more! You won’t want to miss this! Please contact me at: “My name is Alicia, from New York City, I just love this association!” A. Smith RN Phone is 262-800-4444 Emergency nursing association Member Participation Requirements Page Content * Current ENA membership. Complete an application via the ENA website. * As part of the online application process, you will be required to accept the terms and conditions of the following: * Conflict of Interest * Confidentiality Agreement * Intellectual Property Waiver Upcoming Topic: How to deal with Mental Health in Patients! Are medications the only answer? Find out more! You won’t want to miss this! Please contact me at: “My name is Alicia, from New York City, I just love this association!” A. Smith RN Phone is 262-800-4444 BENEFITS: ENA membership benefits include: Free CE for members only, Savings on continuing education and market place purchases. Resources developed by the Institute for Quality, Safety and Injury Prevention that empower emergency nurses to integrate quality, safety and injury prevention into their everyday...
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...that I learned when reviewing the patient safety goals of 2008. The first important lesson that I learned was about improving the accuracy of patient identification. It is always important to use at least two patient identifiers when providing care, treatment or services. No matter how silly it may seem, having the correct patient is tantamount. The next patient safety goal is regarding how to improve the effectiveness of communication among caregivers. I found it to be critical to understand the proper way in which to transfer information from one person to the next. Having a standardized system for information sharing is a key part of patient safety. The third principle that I learned was in regard to improved safety of using medications. It is crucial to label medication containers, as well making an annual list of drugs that look alike or sound alike. Making sure that drugs do not get confused or mixed up is definitely going to keep patients more safe. Another concern regarding patient safety is the concept of reducing the risk of health care-associated infections. This can be achieved by maintaining a high level of hand hygiene and by closely monitoring unexpected deaths or major loss of function associated with health acquired infections. The subject of accurately and completely reconciling medications across the continuum of care is pertinent to keeping patients safe. In order to accomplish this, a process needs to be in place that will ensure current...
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...Oxygen equipment. Mr. Jones as we have seen in the discussion knew how to use the oxygen supply equipment but did not know how to use it safely. A nurse is in a position to understand how the equipment works and how to handle them safely. It is clear that the brief encounter between Mr. Jones and the sale representative of the HME company was not enough to make Mr. Jones understand safety precautions behind his HME. The sales representative of the company is a representation of the many characteristics of the companies who supply HME and are always in greed for money and not saving life. If the sales representative took some time to explain to Mr. Jones the precautions to be taken when using the Oxygen supply machine, it could have saved him a lot. However, the community nurse practitioner in charge of taking care of Mr. Jones should not only teach him how to use it but the precautions to observe when using it. This includes avoiding naked flames, avoiding smoking as well as installing smoke detectors in the room where oxygen is being used to raise fire alarm in case a fire starts. These basic safety education tips from a nursing practitioner can help save life and ensure safe usage of any Oxygen HME. The other role could be as an inspection officer. As a community health practitioner, basic inspection knowledge of any HME is a must. For instance inspecting the Oxygen supply equipment to ensure that the required amount of oxygen is the one flowing to the patient per minute is...
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...Proposed regulation: Georgia Super Speeder Law 1. State the administrative agency which controls the regulation. Explain why this agency and your proposed regulation interest you. -Office of Highway Safety controls this Georgia Super Speeder regulation. This agency and regulation interests me because as a Georgia resident I have seen the damages that speeding on a Georgia highway can cause. I have had colleagues face bad accidents as a result to speeding and this regulation punishes those drivers that break the new regulation. -This law will directly affect me so much as if I was in violation of the law; I can face an additional $200 in the ticket fee just for being in violation. This fee does not include the actual speeding ticket. 2. Describe the proposal/change -The new law will increase the amount of money that an individual pays along with the speeding ticket fee. The proposal is in place to decrease the number of deaths and accidents from the result of driving above the given speed limit. 3. Write the public comment which you would submit to this proposal. Explain briefly what you wish to accomplish with your comment. -I am in favor of the new super speeder regulation. I believe this law will decrease the amount of ‘speeders’ on Georgia highways. Georgia has a high rate of motor vehicle accidents a day and with a new law that will punish these drivers with higher fines, I believe that more drivers will take caution and actually...
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...It is best to plan for the worst when it comes to an emergency. The HCF leaders duties is to develop a written disaster plan that explains the duties of staff and making this plan available to the staff for crisis preparation. To ensure that the safety and well being of patients are certain during emergencies. The development plan must be assigned to personnel who are familiar with the facility. Depending of the community and location. For example, California prepares for an earthquake, Florida for hurricanes, and Montana for snowstorms. It is also required by the Joint Commission to have the HCF to have a hazard vulnerability analysis under the EC 4.10. (Environmental Control). The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regulations an National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) and standards must also be taken into account as well as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Strategic Plan for Preparedness and Response to biological and Chemical terrorism. The American Institute of Architects (AIA) has also issued certain guidelines for design and construction of facilities in locations where there is a recognized potential for certain natural disasters. This plans must provide a process to: Initiate a plan HCF role with community-wide emergency response agencies, including who is in charge, Notify external authorities Notifying Identify and assign personnel during emergencies Managing the following: patients, staff, and staff and...
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...approach was made unacceptable because there was a lot of cost involved in actually developing and launching such programs and the advancement of technology such as a wind tunnel for instance which could actually test the aerodynamic capability of a wing without the need for a trial and error type of approach. The first types of programs that were used to seek something better than the fly-fix-fly approach were known as the MIL-STD-882 which stood for the System Safety Program for Systems and Associated Subsystems and Equipment and the Minuteman Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) program which was one of the first major formal systems safety efforts. Q4) How did the MORT approach to system safety develop? Who developed it and who uses it? The Management Oversight and Risk Tree (MORT) approach to system safety developed after the establishment of several safety programs which had many differences and no form of standardization across the board which affected the effectiveness of monitoring, evaluation and control of safety efforts. The MORT was then developed to adopt the best features from...
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