do employees in the private sector have protection against intrusion into their workspace and private lives?

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There are many individuals who use social media sites indiscriminately and do not consider the consequences of their interactions with others or what is posted. Even when they may not identify themselves with an employer, there are others who may access the site who know them personally and may reveal their employer in their postings. In addition, some employers may access their employees’ personal sites out of curiosity or may have a legitimate reason to question the site’s content. Is this invading the employee’s privacy or is it a right of the employer since they may be able to view only what is “public” on the site?

 

Q4

 

Retaliation has been the number one filed EEOC complaint now since 2010, surpassing racial and sexual harassment and discrimination for the first time then, and since then. Often, disciplinary actions result in EEOC filings. Discipline is an area of Human Resources that can certainly create the potential for legal liability for employers. What are some good guidelines to follow? What are some pitfalls to avoid? How might valid policies be structured and investigations be handled to ensure that retaliation complaints do not result from disciplinary actions?

 

Q5

 

Employees are becoming increasingly concerned with their rights to pursue a private life free from employer incursion. Technology advances make monitoring of employee workspaces, e-mail, even key strokes entered on a computer traceable. Drug habits are documented to cost employers $60 billion per year in absenteeism and attrition; theft of employer property by employees another $10 billion per annum.

Federal government employees are protected somewhat by the Privacy Act of ’74. But do employees in the private sector have protection against intrusion into their workspace and private lives? Do any of the common law tort remedies offer the potential of privacy rights for private sector employees? Support your response.

Is the bank legally permitted to carry through this action? Does this constitute an invasion of privacy?

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There are a total of 9 questions: 6 in employment law and 3 in accounting. They should be completed today. These questions are not related and should be answered separately with the correlating question number on top. In addition, the answers should be no more than a paragraph or so. References are required.

 

HRM

 

Q1

 

A bank in a small town is concerned with the perception of its employees by customers and others in the community. Branch managers are responsible for both the running of the branches and building community relationships. The bank decides that it needs to determine if certain personal habits are creating a negative perception towards customers. The bank decides to monitor its branch manager’s off-duty activities in order to determine if this is creating concerns for the bank. Is the bank legally permitted to carry through this action? Does this constitute an invasion of privacy?

 

Q2

 

As human resource leaders, future and present, your mandate is recruit, hire and retain a highly qualified workforce–a workforce that is not qualified by virtue of training and experience, but a workforce of integrity–honest, drug free, physically and emotionally healthy.

Pre-employment testing of one form or another has been a part of American business since the early 1950’s. What kind of pre-employment testing is valid and contributes to overall company performance? Are there any kinds of testing that either should be barred or are capable of being used inappropriately?

Discuss which provisions you believe will be difficult to achieve or implement because of the inherent challenges in the current U.S. healthcare landscape

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Affordable Care Act

Presently, the United States government, in conjunction with both the public and private healthcare sectors, is working toward implementing the law.

For this week, please review the major provisions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) on page 193 of your textbook and formulate an initial post with the following criteria:

  • Choose one provision that is most important and discuss why implementation will make congruent improvements to the current U.S. system.
  • Discuss which provisions you believe will be difficult to achieve or implement because of the inherent challenges in the current U.S. healthcare landscape; please name and describe those challenges.
  • Lastly, what has been left out of these major provisions? Had you been able to meet with congressional members, what would you have lobbied to include in the act?
  • Must be 150 Words or more
  • APA format
  • Cite references in paragraphs.

    Affordable Care Act

    Presently, the United States government, in conjunction with both the public and private healthcare sectors, is working toward implementing the law.

    For this week, please review the major provisions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) on page 193 of your textbook and formulate an initial post with the following criteria:

    • Choose one provision that is most important and discuss why implementation will make congruent improvements to the current U.S. system.
    • Discuss which provisions you believe will be difficult to achieve or implement because of the inherent challenges in the current U.S. healthcare landscape; please name and describe those challenges.
    • Lastly, what has been left out of these major provisions? Had you been able to meet with congressional members, what would you have lobbied to include in the act?
    • Must be 150 Words or more
    • APA format
    • Cite references in paragraphs

Essentials of Health Policy and Law

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Public Health Professional

1) A) What is a health policy analysis? Is this a field that attracts you? Why or why not?

 

OR

B) How does product differentiation affect demand for the product? How does product differentiation relate to competition? Provide examples.

 

 

2) Public Health Professionals

Choose a public health profession from Careers in Public Health athttp://www.careersinpublichealth.net/careers that you find interesting. Click on the career field to learn more about it. Briefly describe the career you chose and what a person in this position might do on a day-to-day basis. Go to your state or local health department’s webpage and search for the department where a person in your chosen position might work. What types of programs do they provide to the residents in your community?

 

 

3)Review pages 109–110 of Essentials of Health Policy and Law as well as the following legislation:

 

Examination and Treatment for Emergency Medical Conditions and Women in Labor

 

You are a consultant specializing in policy analysis. Based on the Examination and Treatment for Emergency Medical Conditions and Women in Labor legislation, as well as the situation that follows, you will complete a policy analysis with 3–5 options for your client, Congresswoman Moody, to consider.

Congresswoman Moody represents a state that borders Mexico. She is up for re election next year, and she will seek another term in office.

 

There are many undocumented workers that reside in her district. Congresswoman Moody is vocal about the need to provide health care to all that need it, but she also believes in fiscal restraint and does not support bail-outs for private facilities. She is well aware that her state’s Medicaid budget is almost exhausted for this year, and the state’s unemployment rate remains stubbornly high.

Apart from the voters, other affected constituents include three private regional medical centers trauma units that receive referrals from five or more small facilities that have emergency departments with lesser trauma status. Also, the largest health care corporation that owns two of the three medical centers in her catchment area, and which supported her in her last bid for election with campaign funds at the allowable limit, is threatening to refuse Medicare and Medicaid patients to ensure survival in the bad economy. An increase in unfunded mandates for urgent care may push this corporation into private payer only, and Congresswoman Moody is aware that there are enough affluent families in the area to support two facilities providing only designer medicine and concierge services.

All options must:

 

Be within the power of Congresswoman Moody to do

Be consistent with Congresswoman Moody’s values, and

Address the issue identified in the problem statement

You will:

 

Identify 3–5 options for Congresswoman Moody’s consideration

Identify criteria that will be used to evaluate the options

Identify pros and cons for each option

Use a side-by-side table (MS® Excel® would be appropriate for this) to assist in analyzing the options.

Prepare a paper at least 500 words in length and include at least four references.