+1 862 207 3288 Objectives:
1. Describe the responsibilities and liabilities of employers in preventing employee
violence
2. Adapt those responsibilities to diagnose a situation where an employee expresses a desire to harm another employee
3. Design a plan to prevent the employer’s liability.
Potential Employee Violence Plan
You are the Director of Personnel. Ann, an employee of your organization reports to you that she overheard Tim, another employee of the organization, say that he was mad enough at Harry to beat him within an inch of his life. You now have to develop a Potential Employee Violence Plan that protects your organization from any liability.
Format for Potential Employee Violence Plan (3-5 pages) Issue: what exactly is the problem?
This is a short summary of the situation and a determination of what the exact problem is that would require a human resources or personnel solution.
Summary/Background (Use the Public Personnel Management book – Chapter 12: Safety and Health for the liabilities to organizations)
Summarize:
1. The Legal Framework For Workplace Safety and Health
a. The Occupational Safety and Health of 1970
b. Worker’s Compensation
c. The American’s with Disabilities Act
d. The Family and Medical Leave Act
2. Improving Workplace Health and Safety
a. Audits and Risk Assessments (this is an area that is becoming more and more important to organizations, especially for organizations that self-insure. Liabilities can easily lead to lawsuits. Once the self-insurance set-asides have been
exceeded, the organization has to use the current operational budget.)
b. Improving Job Design
c. Feedback and Incentive Programs
3. Workplace Violence (pay particular attention to this section)
a. Workplace Violence and Public Employees
b. Employers’ Legal Liability for Employee Violence
c. Employer Responses to Workplace Violence
Analysis:
Use the information in the summary.
1. What is the problem?
2. How serious is the problem in terms of the liabilities it creates for an employer?
3. Describe the protections that the employees are entitled to.
Recommendation: Develop a Potential Employee Violence Plan to resolve this situation and to see that this situation does not happen again. Develop at least 5 recommendations.
After you develop your recommendations explain how your recommendations protect the organization and how they protect the employees’ rights.
