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Organizational Risk
Key Legislation
Safety
Health
Security/Privacy
100
To participate in enterprise risk management by examining HR policies to prevent or mitigate loss and ensure business continuity.
What is the HR professionals role?
100
Established the first national policy for safety and health.
What is the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) of 1970?
100
Workers from different levels and departments involved in safety planning.
What is a Safety Committee?
100
Company-sponsored programs that deliver a variety of health-related service, which are provided by licensed professionals or organizations and offer employee a high degree of confidentiality.
What are employee assistance programs (EAPs)?
100
To reduce or eliminate the risks of loss of an organization's assets -both tangible and intangible- from causes and events not within the normal boundaries of conventional profit/loss activies.
What is the goal of workplace security?
200
Software systems utilized to help identify and manage operational risk across the organization.
What is Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) software?
200
Each employee "shall comply with all occupational safety and health standards and all rules, regulations, and orders issued under the act" that are applicable.
What is an employee's responsibility? FYI: OSHA does not cite employees for violations of those responsibilties.
200
First Priority: Imminent danger Second Priority: Catastrophes and fatal accidents Third Priority: Employee complaints Fourth Priority: High-hazard industries Fifth Priority: Follow-up inspections
What is the OSHA national system of inspection priorites?
200
Programs that strive to improve the health and well-being of employees both on and off the job.
What are employee wellness and fitness programs?
200
- Preventive security audit - Identification and external control systems (badge reader, etc) - Structural barriers (gates, etc.) - Security hardware (alarms, etc.)
What are security measures?
300
Identifies potential threats and impacts and plans for disruption, interruption, or loss of business functions.
What is Business Continuity Planning (BCP)?
300
Intentional violation of safety and health standards (ex. knowingly locking exit doors).
What is a Willful OSHA Violation?
300
Expense of accident investigation Expense of hiring and training replacements Time lost by others involved in accident Lost efficiency Lost production times
What are examples of indirect costs associated with safety incidents? FYI: For every dollar lost in direct costs, $3- $10 can be lost in indirect costs.
300
- Physiological improvements (weight loss, better nutritional habits, smoking cessation, improved blood pressure and cardiovascular function, stress reduction) - Behavior changes (less absenteeism, fewer fatigue related accidents, higher productivity, enhanced mental alertness, higher employee morale) - Benefits to the organization (lower medical claims, fewer disability claims, fewer losses due to accidents, increased productivity, lower overtime and temp worker salaries)
What are potential benefits of wellness/fitness programs?
300
Describes the actions that to be taken by all employees to respond to situations that pose a threat to human health and the environment.
What is an emergency prepardness plan?
400
Provides employers with protection against claims of discrimination, wrongful termination, sexual harrassment, or other employment-related issues made by employees, former employees or potential employees.
What is Employment Practices Liability Insurance (EPLI)?
400
Act that gives federal officials greater authority to take measures to combat terroism.
What is USA PATRIOT Act?
400
Economic and geographic conditions Labor force mix Labor Unions Governmental regulations
What are external influences on accidents and injuries?
400
A company may require this of anyone when making a conditional job offer as long as they make that request of all.
What is a drug test?
400
Stress + Innappropriate responses + Opportunity
What is the formula for violence?
500
"______" represents the possibility of positive opportunities and outcomes as well as negative.
What is "Risk?"
500
Prohibits discrimination against individuals on the basis of their genetic information in both employment and health insurance.
What is the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA)?
500
1st priority: Eliminate hazard completely 2nd Priority: Use safeguards 3rd Priority: Use warning signs 4th Priority: Train and instruct 5th Priority: Provide personal protection
What are employer priorities when addressing health and safety issues?
500
This intervention strategy usually focuses on job performance and documents clear instances of unsatisfactory employee performance.
What is constructive confrontation?
500
True or False? Employers should monitor employee emails while they are in transmission to alleviate concerns proprietary information sharing.
What is False? To avoid potential problems under the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA), employers should only monitor emails after the transmission is complete and they are in storage.