Critically Evaluate, in Relation to the Common Law Duty of Care, the Liability of Employers for Psychiatric Illnesses Suffered by Employees and Arising as the Result of Employees Being Made to Work Under Stressful Conditions.

The United States Department of Labor (DOL) has a mission to protect the welfare of wage earners, job seekers, and retirees. They also improve working conditions and ensure work-related benefits and rights. The DOL has many laws and reregulation’s protecting workers that range from the Fair Labor Standards Act, which sets standards for wages and overtime pay, to the Occupational Safety and Health Act, which focuses on workplace safety and health. With the wide range that the DOL has employees can feel that they have standards in place to ensure fair pay, fair treatment, and a safe environment to work in. Without the enforcement of the DOL corporations are left to establish pay and safety standards internally. In a business atmosphere where the importance of profit is often placed before the employees, an environment without laws and regulations can be dangerous. An example can be seen in other countries where labor laws are not in place compassion and common sense also seem to be absent. In these areas workers, many times children often works long hours for little pay. Sadly it has been shown that when corporations are unregulated the importance for the fair treatment of employees takes a less important role.

The work place is often described by many as a stressful environment, and is often penalized for failing to comply with state and federal regulations. The hospital is struggling not only to keep workers but to attract new ones. The hospital, however, has been making efforts to improve employee morale to encourage workers.

State how personal behaviour demonstrates responsibility for general workplace health, safety and welfare, in relation to:

Lane implies modern corporations have little regard for the health of their employees or the environment they operate. The HR supervisor even has a bleak, non-human-like tone, “We have a commitment to maintain productivity. Missing targets is not an option” (Lane 74), even after an employee suddenly dies at her desk. This shows a lack of empathy towards other humans that Lane felt modern corporations currently exhibit.

In the workplace employees need to put these safe ways of working into practice; for

Decision making and best interests of the patient in the care for people with mental health problems are one of the main concerns in nursing practice. Healthcare professionals should be knowledgeable enough to practice the legal code regarding decision making and protection of the patient with mental health problems (NMC, 2008).

* Increased Stress - As employees are stretched to meet job requirements, their stress levels rise and they become incapable of maximizing their performance.

Have you ever think about people for unsafe work? Each in everyday, hours and minutes, as we step forward into a factory, mills or machineries, significant people are put into danger. Although health and safety in a workplace is necessary for the employers and employees, there are still a lot of injuries and deaths in a workplace. Most people we’re being forced to work even if the job is not safe for them to do so. There are people getting injured and killed every day that’s why we need to put a stop to it now and make the job in a workplace comfortable to everybody.

This responsibility motivates the HR department and managers to implement stringent policies to prevent work-related injuries to avoid paying for higher workers’ compensation insurance. Moreover, it inspires the company to promote safety by organizing a safety committee to address hazards in the workplace to prevent injuries or deaths. The committee solicits employee suggestions and participation to increase compliance to company policies. It also develops various safety programs to promote employee wellness to improve their quality of life (Gomez-Mejia, et al, 2010).

“When it comes to their health, workers always know best.” (Workers Health International Newsletter No. 42).” Analyse the different research methods that unions and workers use to identify ill health caused by work.

The reason that I chose this article is because it directly affects my life. My wife, who works in an Emergency 911 Call Center, is currently experiencing issues that were discussed in the article. In the article, it states that if an employee fails to maintain good health due to increased demand at work and work stress they will eventually become physically and emotionally worn out (Zhong et al., 2009). With the employee becoming worn out their job satisfaction will suffer and it will adversely affect the organization (Zhong et al., 2009). The main goal of modern organizational management is to increase the employee’s motivation and their capabilities so that it maximizes job satisfaction and their performance in the organization (Pfeffer,

As a professional discipline, knowledge is imperative for guiding practice (Smith & Liehr, 2014). The phenomenon of interest (POI) patient aggression towards staff is an increasing issue in mental health services. In one study, it stated that staff believed that patients’ aggressive behavior are related to his/her feelings or beliefs (Gillig, P., Markert, R., Barron, J., & Coleman, F., 1998). This paper will summarize the POI, discuss Fawcett’s meta-paradigm, and select and apply to the POI Nightingale’s grand and Meleis’ middle range theories, as well as complexity science.

Prior to reading the text, I never considered the work environment to be such a serious public health problem. However, after this week’s assigned reading, I realize the magnitude of this issue. According to the World Health Organization, the context of people’s lives determines their health.1 On average, a person spends 90,000 hours at work over their lifetime and this exposes them to an array of potential nonfatal injuries as well as fatal ones.2 Unfortunately, occupational injuries and illness are overlooked as contributors to the national cost of all disease, injuries and deaths.3 In 2008 more than 5,000 workers died from occupational injuries in the U.S and another 3.5 million sustained nonfatal injuries that same year.4 The direct cost

Studies from different parts of the world made by different health organizations have showed that long working hours and pressured work lead to stress which affects the employees mentally and physically and leads indirectly to low productivity levels. Not only stress, but it can cause a lot more of health issues like extreme fatigue including sleepiness, poor concentration, and increased susceptibility to illness. These symptoms can a have a noticed effect on the general productivity of an organization.

Nonetheless, lowering the wages of the workers is not enough for a business to earn their maximum profit and reach their highest earning potential. Therefore, to lower costs even further, companies tend to provide their workers with harsh working conditions because less money is spent on the welfare of the workers leading to a health and safety issue. Our insatiable demand for bargains is argued by some commentators to make some of us complicit in garment factory disasters.