-How the law affects the workplace - Triton College
Workplace Legalities
-How the law affects the workplace
-Employment-at-will- a concept of employment whereby either employer or the employee can end the employment at any time, for any reason
-Hiring and firing
-Wrongful discharge- a concept established by precedent that says an employer risks litigation if he or she does not have just cause for firing an employee
-Just cause- an employer’s legal reason for firing an employee
-Public policy- the common law concept of wrongful discharge
-Discrimination- prejudiced or prejudicial outlook, action, or treatment
-Labor and employment laws
-Employment discrimination laws
-Wagner act of 1935
-Title VII of the civil rights act of 1964
-Affirmative action- programs that use goals and quotas to provide preferential treatment for minority persons determined to have been underutilized in the past
-Age discrimination in employment act (ADEA) of 1967
-Rehabilitation act of 1973
-1976 pregnancy discrimination act
-Titles I and V of the Americans with disability act of 1990
-The civil rights act of 1991
-Wage and hour laws
-1935 social security act
-1938 fair labor standards act
-Equal pay act of 1963
-Employee retirement income security act of 1974
-Workplace safety laws
-Occupational safety and health act of 1970
-Other terms of employment
-Family leave act of 1991
-Employee safety and welfare
-Occupational safety and health administration (OSHA)- established by the occupational and health act 1970, the act enforces compulsory standards for health and safety in the workplace
-Right-to-know laws- state laws that allow employees access to information about toxic or hazardous substances, employer duties, employee rights, and other workplace health and safety issues
-Medical hazard regulations
-Hazard communication standard- an OSHA standard intended to increase health care practitioners’ awareness of risk, improve work practices and appropriate use of personal protective equipment, and reduce injuries and illnesses in the work place
-Chemical hygiene plan- the standard for occupational exposures to hazardous chemicals in laboratories, which clarifies the handling of hazardous chemicals in medical laboratories
-Occupational exposure to bloodborne pathogen standard- the authority by which OSHA can levy fines, based on guidelines of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
-Medical waste tracking act- the federal law that authorizes OSHA to inspect hazardous medical wastes and to cite offices for unsafe or unhealthy practices regarding these wastes
-Training and accident report documentation
-Clinical laboratory improvement act- federal statutes passed in 1988 that established minimum quality standards for all laboratory testing
-Workers’ compensation- a form of insurance established by federal and state statutes that provides reimbursement for workers who are injured on the job
-Hiring and the new employee
-Interviews
-Bonding
-Employment paperwork
-Refer to court case
-Fired employee sues and wins, p. 235
-A history-making sexual harassment case, p. 236
-Criminal background check leads to loss of license for home health care provider, p. 238
-Latex victim awarded continued medical treatment, p. 243
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