Case Study: 36-48 Hour Pinch

The California paid sick leave law went into effect across the state on July 1st. 6.5 million of the lowest paid workers in the state were provided with the right to call in sick and still receive payment for wages they would have earned had they not been sick and instead been able to work. One month after the new requirement went into effect, at least one group of workers benefitting from the change have found that there is also a price to pay: their hours are being cut. NOVA Commercial provides custodial services to a number of different government buildings. One such government building is the San Diego County Courthouse. NOVA Commercial recently informed their employees that they would be experiencing a cut in their hours. Employees speaking

The residential buildings contain common areas including kitchens, family rooms, and multiple bedrooms and bathrooms that the residents share. Employees, who are designated as Direct Services Personnel (DSP), are at each residence assisting the residents with their activities of daily living. The DSPs serve in three overlapping shifts, which results in between one and three DSPs being on duty depending on the time of day. According to our client’s employee training materials, the

Before introducing the workplace issues related to the development of four-day workweek, a clear definition of this schedule is needed. According to Department of Labor (n.d.), “A workweek is a fixed and regularly recurring period of 168 hours, or seven consecutive 24-hour periods. The workweek does not have to coincide with the calendar week, but instead it may begin on any day of the week and at any hour of the day.” It might be the “four-day, 32-hour workweek – more leisure, less work” (Wernette 1), or the “three-day, 40 hour, compressed work week” that Vega

personal time could be made. Prior to this shift in the workplace, domestic workers would catch small breaks

A low income school in New Haven, Connecticut started the new year telling students they would be attending school until 4:15 P.M. four days a week. New Haven teachers in an unprecedented move allowed their teacher unions to take over the rewriting of their contracts. This provided the teacher with more freedom with curriculum and time management. Although the final outcome was beneficial the origins of the extended day was not welcomed.

The number of urgent care clinics in the United States has exploded in the past five years. In fact, the American Academy of Urgent Care Medicine says there are currently as many as 9,300 clinics in the country. It’s very clear that this care model is growing.

The urgent care clinic nurse is treating a client who is experiencing abdominal pain. The client states, “I think I ate tainted food last night.” What should the nurse do after the client states that the food was tainted?

Gentle active movement of the ankle, circulatory exercise of the foot and knee flexion/extension with straight leg raises (repeat 5-10 times for each exercise)

A. The new policy regarding the alternate work week schedule was a result of employee complaints.

Posted on Dec.1, 2015 Maintenance Worker Winter bids Shift change Dec. 14, 2015. However, Pitt or Union granted Tim Simms Second shift change on November 23, 2015 due to his hunting schedule. If this wasn't done under handed all Employees would of started Winter Schedule Nov. 23, 2015 . Another reason why I couldn't start earlier was because Bob Godzik wanted a time change said Scott Coffman Union steward . Bob Godzik didn't bid on the Maintenance III 7:00 am. Job which he would of been granted due to

This team has managed the unexpected situation to handle the night shift responsibilities on June 29, 2015 when

By moving the full-time PSA4 to the city route on Saturday, she gained an extra hour of office time. This time is invaluable to the department as it sets the weekday crew up with restocked shelves, finished pull lists and refreshed backup.

I agree a pharmacist should not refuse patients their does of emergency contraction such as Plan B, which is known as the morning after pill. They should not be judging their patients choices when asking for an emergency contraceptive no matter if it’s a men or women. Pharmacist also should keep in mind that you don’t know what type of situation the patient is in so respect their choice. I liked what you stated at the end that maybe they maybe a pharmacist should go into a religious based pharmacy it made me laugh thanks for the humor. Thanks for sharing a great post.

This 48-hour experience makes me addicted to eating ice cube, and even drink liquid that can not do without ice. I never thought that people would be so addicted to a thing so quickly, and it would have been unknowingly. Assume that the ice is "drug of choice", it has two disadvantages. First, as long as you take it will continue to rely on it. Second, the impact on the people around you, others do not understand you even feel your behavior is very strange. Once you are forced to rely on one thing, you will want a variety of ways to get it.

But what are the consequences for the employees ? The new system scheduling time work is totally irregular and unpredictable which may decrease the employee’s job stability and potentially create financial hardships. The result was a computerized system that totally