HSA 4180 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Performance Appraisal, Verbal Abuse, Due Process
3 Nov 2016
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Protecting staff : means ensuring that workers have proper work conditions and that their opinions are considered by managers. When staffing an hco, a manger must protect staff, which is the last of the seven staffing processes. Protecting staff helps an hco maintain the workforce needed to achieve its mission and goals. The importance of this process is reflected in the shift toward protecting employees rather than employers: employee protection is good for several reasons: It is required by the occupational safety and health act and other laws. It helps an hco avoid being known as an unsafe place to work. In the long run, safety and health violations are costly because of lost business, lawsuits, over time wages to cover absent staff, employee resignations, higher insurance costs for liability and employee health and other reasons. Managers must protect their employees against many potential dangers in hcos: physical hazards .
