CASE 5
Case #5
Kerkko Jahnukainen
Study notes:
-Compensation program for injured employees
-Sabotage
-Cumulative Trauma Disorders (repetitive stress or strain)
-Hearing impairment
-Safety programs
-Employee assistance programs (burnout, derpsession...)
-wellness progrmas
Case 5a)
The article tells about a 21-year old man, who died of epilepsy after working extremely long hours at a bank. Its been speculated that that fatigue from long hours triggered the seizure. The man was still doing his placement meaning he wasn't even officially working at the bank yet.
It is obviously not right to expect an employee to work till point he collapses and the working hours should be monitored better (the bank had no literal ways of monitoring employee hours). If te employer notices someone working way beyond the intended hours, they should intervene. On the other hand the employee also holds some responsibility for his own well being as well as informing the employer about their medical conditions and medications.
Peer pressure from co workers to work long days
Employees and employers should be on the same page
Perhaps, the bank should implement some sort of wellness/employee assistance program to help their employees with this typeof issues, like stress which especially new interns which very easily exhibit.
It will be up to court to decide whether the family of the victim will receive any survivor benefits
The extremely long days definitely go against OSHAs guidelines, and may result in fines (its odd that no had inspected the working environment of this particular bank or have not noticed that lack hour monitoring)
Emma Thomas, 'Exhausted' Merrill Lynch intern died from epileptic fit in shower after he 'pulled three all-nighters at bank where employees compete to work the longest hours' 11.11.2012 (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2511911/Moritz-Erhardt-exhausted-Merrill-Lynch-intern-died-epileptic-fit.html#ixzz4RTj2xoP1)
Case 5b)
The article is about wellness programs at work. How they currently are and how they should be. Currently most wellness programs at workplaces are very inefficient, or employees simply don't know about them.
Wellness programs (WP) should reward rather than punish. For example, don't punish people who smoke, bur rather reward the ones that don't.
WPs increase both physical and mental health of employees therefore deceasing sick days and other expenses that may come from sick workers. It is a pretty much direct investment, which (id done right) can save major money in the long run.
Beyond financial benefits to companies, good WP programs bond the employees and increase loyalty to the companies at which they work at making future more stable.
Don't go think about WP programs as a short term investment to save money, but rather as a long one.
Briana Morgaine, Do Corporate wellness programseally work?, 21.10.2015, www.liveplan.com, (https://www.liveplan.com/blog/2015/10/does-corporate-wellness-work-the-surprising-truth-about-employee-wellness-programs/)
This article is about case where the working environment had faulty indoor air. Several employees reported sick with similar symptoms. In ended up being found out that the sickness was caused by build up of CO2.
This is also a part of workplace safety. Keeping them save from external factors which may not directly be concerned with the job the employees do. Having ways to monitor things such as CO2 in places such as offices can save major money in the long run.
Stewie Liever, Several workers in StratCom's basement got mysteriously sick. The likely cause: carbon dioxide buildup, 11.12.2017, www.omaha.com
Kerkko Jahnukainen
Study notes:
-Compensation program for injured employees
- providing prompt and reasonable medical care for injured employees and income to both victims and their dependants
- injured workers can get quick relief with out long waits for court (no-fault)
- encouraging employers invest in safety
- prompritn research for workplace safety
-Benefits of worker comapsiotn
- total disability benefit
- impairment benefit
- survivor benefit
- medical expenses benefit
- rehabilitation benefit
-premiums
-OSHA
- To provide safe and healthy working enviroment
- to comply with specific occupational safety and health standards
- to keep records of occupational injuries and illness
-Reducing fraud claims
- keep workers safe
- educate workers about compensation system
- communication with the claimant and others involved in the incident
- stay in contact with employees on comepastion leave
-Occupational safety and hazard administration
- occupational standrards
- variances
- workplace isoections
- citations and penalties
=Minor to major fines
-AIDS
-Violence in workplace
-Domestics violence = affect working erpformance
-Sabotage
-Cumulative Trauma Disorders (repetitive stress or strain)
-Hearing impairment
-Safety programs
-Employee assistance programs (burnout, derpsession...)
-wellness progrmas
Case 5a)
The article tells about a 21-year old man, who died of epilepsy after working extremely long hours at a bank. Its been speculated that that fatigue from long hours triggered the seizure. The man was still doing his placement meaning he wasn't even officially working at the bank yet.
It is obviously not right to expect an employee to work till point he collapses and the working hours should be monitored better (the bank had no literal ways of monitoring employee hours). If te employer notices someone working way beyond the intended hours, they should intervene. On the other hand the employee also holds some responsibility for his own well being as well as informing the employer about their medical conditions and medications.
Peer pressure from co workers to work long days
Employees and employers should be on the same page
Perhaps, the bank should implement some sort of wellness/employee assistance program to help their employees with this typeof issues, like stress which especially new interns which very easily exhibit.
It will be up to court to decide whether the family of the victim will receive any survivor benefits
The extremely long days definitely go against OSHAs guidelines, and may result in fines (its odd that no had inspected the working environment of this particular bank or have not noticed that lack hour monitoring)
Emma Thomas, 'Exhausted' Merrill Lynch intern died from epileptic fit in shower after he 'pulled three all-nighters at bank where employees compete to work the longest hours' 11.11.2012 (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2511911/Moritz-Erhardt-exhausted-Merrill-Lynch-intern-died-epileptic-fit.html#ixzz4RTj2xoP1)
Case 5b)
The article is about wellness programs at work. How they currently are and how they should be. Currently most wellness programs at workplaces are very inefficient, or employees simply don't know about them.
Wellness programs (WP) should reward rather than punish. For example, don't punish people who smoke, bur rather reward the ones that don't.
WPs increase both physical and mental health of employees therefore deceasing sick days and other expenses that may come from sick workers. It is a pretty much direct investment, which (id done right) can save major money in the long run.
Beyond financial benefits to companies, good WP programs bond the employees and increase loyalty to the companies at which they work at making future more stable.
Don't go think about WP programs as a short term investment to save money, but rather as a long one.
Briana Morgaine, Do Corporate wellness programseally work?, 21.10.2015, www.liveplan.com, (https://www.liveplan.com/blog/2015/10/does-corporate-wellness-work-the-surprising-truth-about-employee-wellness-programs/)
Several workers in StratCom's basement got mysteriously sick. The likely cause: carbon dioxide buildup
This article is about case where the working environment had faulty indoor air. Several employees reported sick with similar symptoms. In ended up being found out that the sickness was caused by build up of CO2.
This is also a part of workplace safety. Keeping them save from external factors which may not directly be concerned with the job the employees do. Having ways to monitor things such as CO2 in places such as offices can save major money in the long run.
Stewie Liever, Several workers in StratCom's basement got mysteriously sick. The likely cause: carbon dioxide buildup, 11.12.2017, www.omaha.com
Amazon faces fines following the death of a second warehouse worker in as many months
Amazon could face $28,000 in potential fines after an inspection by the state of Indiana found potential workplace safety violations at a warehouse where a 59-year-old worker was killed in late September.
This the second death case in the same year for Amazon. There first case was when an employee got run over by a truck and died.
There seems to be some safety regulations missing or faulty followed. Either way its a huge issue for them, which is might cost them a lot more in the future.
Someone needs to review these two cases and figure out where the problem leis.
Jason Del Rey, Amazon faces fines following the death of a second warehouse worker in as many months, 9.10.2017, www.recode.net (https://www.recode.net/2017/11/9/16629412/amazon-warehouse-worker-killed-deaths-osha-fines-penalties)
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