HRM 2600 Chapter 12: Chapter 12

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19 Jan 2012

School

York University

Department

Human Resources Management

Course

HRM 2600

Professor

Shelley Millman

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Chapter 12 safety and health: safety and health accident are both numerous and costly to employers, managers must ensure a work environment that protects employees from physical hazards, unhealthy conditions, unsafe acts of other personnel. Duties and responsibilities: duty of every employer is to take every reasonable precaution to ensure employee safety. Duties of employers: must inform employees about safety/health requirements. Keep records, compile an annual summary of work-related injuries/illnesses. Ensure that their supervisors are familiar with the work and its associated hazards. Required to report to the workers" compensation board all accidents that cause injuries and disease. Required to prove due diligence stabling a comprehensive occupational health and safety management system, provide supervision, training and instruction. Employees are required to comply with all acts and regulations. Duties of workers: must report hazardous conditions or defective equipment, have a right to refuse unsafe work without fear of reprisal.

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6. Bus R Us requires that its bus drivers have normal hearing and manual dexterity in order to transport students safely and avoid accidents on the job. Bus R Us claims that it cannot accommodate candidates with hearing disabilities due to the safety risk that they pose and the cost to accommodate their disabilities. This limit beyond which employers are not expected to accommodate is called: a) discrimination b) undue hardship c) adverse impact d) bona fide occupational requirement e) accommodation

8. On The Go Consulting is an Ontario-based consulting firm seeking a junior consultant. The firm wishes to hire someone who is single because it feels that the occasional travel requirements for the job would best fit someone who does not have family responsibilities. The most accurate assessment of this situation is: a) discrimination is occurring. b) being single is a bona fide occupational requirement. c) it would be difficult for the organization to accommodate a married employee. d) both (b) and (c) are true. e) all of the above are true.

Which of the following statements about cultural differences in the workplace is most accurate?

A. The best way to deal with cultural differences in the workplace is to treat everyone the same way

B. Cultural differences were once a major problem, but television, telecommunications, e-mail, and the Internet have brought people closer together and greatly reduced cultural differences

C. Managers must be very aware of cultural differences and recognize that different employee may respond best to different management and motivational styles

D. Only firms that hire a lot of foreign-born workers are likely to have problems dealing with cultural differences. Workers born in the United States tend to have a common set of values and attitudes, regardless of age or social background

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