CHAPTER 16 HEALTH, SAFETY, AND SECURITY

Chapter 16 HEALTH, SAFETY, AND SECURITY Human Resource Management, 9E Mathis and Jackson © 2000 South-Western College Publishing 16-2 n Objectives   Define health, safety, and security and explain their importance in organizations   Explain how workers’ compensation and child labor laws are related to health and safety   Identify the basic provisions of the Occupational Health and Safety Act of 1970   Describe the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) inspection and record-keeping requirements   Identify and briefly discuss three different health problems and how employers are responding to them   Discuss workplace violence as a security issue

Chapter 16 HEALTH, SAFETY, AND SECURITY Human Resource Management, 9E Mathis and Jackson © 2000 South-Western College Publishing 16-3 n n Health, Safety, and Security   Responsibilities   Legal requirements   Workers’ compensation   Americans with Disabilities Act   Child labor laws

Chapter 16 HEALTH, SAFETY, AND SECURITY Human Resource Management, 9E Mathis and Jackson © 2000 South-Western College Publishing 16-4 n n Occupational Safety and Health Act   Current mission / priorities of OSHA   Major OSHA provisions   Refusing unsafe work   Reproductive health   Enforcement standards   Hazard communication   Personal protective equipment (PPE)   Bloodborne pathogens   OSHA inspections   Record-keeping requirements   Evaluating effects of OSHA

Chapter 16 HEALTH, SAFETY, AND SECURITY Human Resource Management, 9E Mathis and Jackson © 2000 South-Western College Publishing 16-5 n n Safety Management   Effective safety management   Safety policies and discipline   Safety training and communications   Safety committees   Inspection, investigation, and research   Engineering issues   Physical work setting   Sick building syndrome   Ergonomics and safety   Cumulative trauma / repetitive stress   Behavioral approach   Accident rates / individuals   Accident rates / work schedules   Employee motivation / incentives

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Chapter 16 HEALTH, SAFETY, AND SECURITY Human Resource Management, 9E Mathis and Jackson © 2000 South-Western College Publishing 16-7

Chapter 16 HEALTH, SAFETY, AND SECURITY Human Resource Management, 9E Mathis and Jackson © 2000 South-Western College Publishing 16-8 n n Health   AIDS and other life-threatening illnesses   Smoking at work   Substance abuse   Fitness-for-duty tests   Substance abuse and the ADA   Managerial responsibility   Stress

Chapter 16 HEALTH, SAFETY, AND SECURITY Human Resource Management, 9E Mathis and Jackson © 2000 South-Western College Publishing 16-9

Chapter 16 HEALTH, SAFETY, AND SECURITY Human Resource Management, 9E Mathis and Jackson © 2000 South-Western College Publishing n n Security   Workplace violence   Domestic causes of workplace violence   Security audit / vulnerability analysis   Controlled access   Employee screening and selection   Security personnel