Legal, Safety, Regulatory
Legal, Safety, and Regulatory Requirements
Marissa Rittiron
HCS/341
April 10, 2013
Debbie Kreisher
Legal, Safety, and Regulatory Requirements
Human resources must abide by legal regulations and safety laws, along with regulations requirements. This is set in place for organizations to avoid litigation. The employee-related regulations have been established by the United States including; Department of Labor, the U.S Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, and the Department of Homeland Security. The main focus of these regulations is to prevent any manager from acting biased or irrationally. As a result, common sense and compassion have been replaced by litigation.
What managers and employees fear the most is being sued. Managers will make special efforts to prevent such situations from occurring. Some managers will neglect high stress levels of their employees and lack the proper attention to legitimately discontented and unhappy employees. This throws common sense and compassion out the door. Compassion is the workplace amplifies the morale and enthusiasm of the employees along with cooperation where people are actually open to help and not move quickly into suing and organization. Experiencing compassion at work generates positive emotion and, in turn, shapes employees ' long-term attitudes and behaviors. Positive emotions generated by compassion have a cascading effect on employees ' attitudes and behaviors, thereby increasing job satisfaction and lowering job stress, (University of Michigan: Newsroom, 2003).
The most recent of the major Equal Employment Opportunity laws is The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 also known as ADA. The law forbidding employment discrimination against people with disabilities who are able to perform the essential functions of the job with or without reasonable accommodation (Gomez-Mejia, Balkin, & Cardy, 2010). This act also provides the definition of what a
Marissa Rittiron
HCS/341
April 10, 2013
Debbie Kreisher
Legal, Safety, and Regulatory Requirements
Human resources must abide by legal regulations and safety laws, along with regulations requirements. This is set in place for organizations to avoid litigation. The employee-related regulations have been established by the United States including; Department of Labor, the U.S Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, and the Department of Homeland Security. The main focus of these regulations is to prevent any manager from acting biased or irrationally. As a result, common sense and compassion have been replaced by litigation.
What managers and employees fear the most is being sued. Managers will make special efforts to prevent such situations from occurring. Some managers will neglect high stress levels of their employees and lack the proper attention to legitimately discontented and unhappy employees. This throws common sense and compassion out the door. Compassion is the workplace amplifies the morale and enthusiasm of the employees along with cooperation where people are actually open to help and not move quickly into suing and organization. Experiencing compassion at work generates positive emotion and, in turn, shapes employees ' long-term attitudes and behaviors. Positive emotions generated by compassion have a cascading effect on employees ' attitudes and behaviors, thereby increasing job satisfaction and lowering job stress, (University of Michigan: Newsroom, 2003).
The most recent of the major Equal Employment Opportunity laws is The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 also known as ADA. The law forbidding employment discrimination against people with disabilities who are able to perform the essential functions of the job with or without reasonable accommodation (Gomez-Mejia, Balkin, & Cardy, 2010). This act also provides the definition of what a
References: Dellpo, A. (2013). OSHA: Complying with workplace health and safety laws. Retrieved from http://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/osha-complying-workplace-health-safety-laws-29567.html Gomez-Mejia, L., Balkin, D., & Cardy, R. (2010). Managing of human resources (6th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-hall. University of Michigan: Newsroom. (2003, October 23). Compassion in the workplace has far-reaching impact. Retrieved from http://www.newswise.com/articles/compassion-in-the-workplace-has-far-reaching-impact