Introduction Callum is a university campus janitor who is absent from work for personal and health-related reasons. There are social, physical, institutional, and cultural factors that will affect his return to work if they are not addressed. These factors will be discussed in the following paragraphs.
Social There are two social factors within the workplace that will impact Callum’s ability to return to work. The first factor is his perception of the relationship he has with his co-workers. Callum feels that his co-workers do not like him, that they take advantage of him, and that he is not appreciated for the good work he does. As a result, his mental health is in decline. Employees who feel valued at work are more committed to the job
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The first factor is the institution’s inability to accommodate for Callum. This affects his return to work because he will not be able to return to work doing transitional duties or alternative work. However, Callum’s manager must comply with the Duty to Accommodate, regardless of his disability status or family circumstances (Canadian Human Rights Commission, 2013). If it would cause financial hardship to accommodate Callum, then a solution would be allowing him to recover fully so he can get back to work and resume regular job duties. The second factor is the lack of importance placed on communication between stakeholders during the return to work process. It is important that all stakeholders involved are communicating with each other, including the managers and employees (Dyck, 2017). These conversations between managers and employees are particularly helpful because encourage the employee to feel motivated and optimistic about returning to work (CITE). Since Callum’s manager is not expecting to reach out to him, it may have a negative impact on his intentions of returning to work. Encouraging his manager to follow-up and keep in contact with Callum during his leave is one way this issue can be …show more content…
Many cultures do not believe in putting their parents into nursing care and feel they must take the responsibility of being the primary caregivers themselves (Ziemba, 2002). This may be something Callum believes as well and would explain why his father lives with him. In addition, his mother’s side of the family has a culture rooted in strict religious beliefs and do not approve of his father, or help take care of him. In turn, this puts a greater burden on Callum as the primary caregiver. Because of this added responsibility, Callum may be reluctant to go back to work, as it some caregivers feel that work is too much added stress (Ziemba, 2002). One solution to help relieve any pressure feels is offering counselling services through an Employee Assistance Program. Callum would benefit from counselling in work-life balance to juggle his responsibilities at home and his responsibilities at work (Dyck, 2017).
Conclusion To conclude, there are multiple factors that will affect Callum’s return to work, including the relationship he has with his coworkers, his lack of social ties, his wrist sprain and his physical job duties, issues with accommodation, and he responsibility he has taking care of his father. However, it is important to note that all of the solutions presented must all be implemented to mitigate these factors to
In Higgins-Williams v. Sutter Med. Found. the question of whether or not an employee’s inability to work with a specific supervisor qualified as a “disability” was put to the test in court. Michaelin Higgins-Wiggins was a clinical assistant in Sutter’s Shared Services Department. She reported to her physician that she was experiencing stress as a result of her involvement with both her direct supervisor and the human resources department on the job.
The review of her residual functional capacity along with her vocational profile exhibits that she is a candidate for Social Security Disability (SSDI). The multiple effects of the hemorrhagic CVA including her current cognitive functioning at an 80 percent level in combination with La Shaun being a person of advanced age according to the Social Security regulations demonstrate that she would be unable to learn a new position. Over six years ago La Shaun was awarded an Associate in Arts degree and her work history consist of semiskilled work in a sedentary setting. La Shaun’s current position as an IRS Claims Processor requires multitasking in a fast-paced environment with the ability to communicate clearly on the phone and in person. La Shaun would not be able to execute the required tasks required by her employer as La Shaun’s ability to communicate has been severely impacted as her dominant side has hemiplegia and her speech is slurred as a result of the stroke.
The same could be said for holding a job open for an employee in a similar situation who requires additional recuperation or healing time. While California’s disability leave provisions do not necessarily pinpoint exactly how much leave is necessary in this type of situation, the question is approached on a case by case basis with the Courts expecting employers and employees both to be reasonable. Unfortunately, there is not appropriate “one size fits all” policy that would allow us to use an exact formula to determine how much time is necessary for a reasonable leave of absence. It is evident that employers who automatically terminate employees who need additional time after utilizing the 12 weeks as provided in accordance with FMLA, may be found in violation of California labor law.
What is the problem? 4. What is the solution? What is the current environment?
Chapter 4 talks about socialization and the life course consider that learning to behave appropriately in an occupation is a fundamental aspect of human socialization (pag.94). The activities during the work time can be considered as an important agent of socialization. The socialization in the workplace changes when the people have a full time job and this process can be most powerful during the transition from school to job, but it continues along the work story because men and women changes of work position when they earn an educational degree, or changes of employers or places to work many times during their lives. On the description about the workers in Manchester I forgot to mention that most of the workers that looking a place to eat
Module 1 - Critical assignment Throughout this essay the author will explore the possible impacts of leadership upon patient experience based on a recent patient observation untaken on the 18th December 2017 at the Eye Care Clinic: an outpatient department within Queen Alexandra Hospital, Portsmouth. This clinical service was chosen as it deals with a diverse selection of Portsmouth’s population and was recently highlighted, by the trust, to need feedback due to recent friends and family questionnaire feedback. The area chosen for the observation was a section of the clinic which included a waiting room (between 20-25 chairs) and 5 clinic rooms.
There’s no typical family as nuclear families as in the past and not everyone lives in a multigenerational household. Same-sex families are also on the rise as sexual ambiguity is undergoing its own wave of acceptance in all political, social, and economic spheres. With the absence of the parents’ presence in the home due to an inability effectively balance work and home life, children could develop an emotional void/absence. Good communicative dialogue between children and their parents where the adults describe their work situation as it relates to the home to create resilient children, could possibly benefit the household.
In a family there are many different roles; there's the role of the mother, the father, the child, the grandparents, then there’s the brothers and sisters. Every single one of those roles has different responsibilities. The father, according to most of society, is supposed to be the breadwinner for the family. However, nowadays the mother is actually quite capable of being the breadwinner just as much of as the father. As they work to show their children what it is to be an adult they are teaching them as well on how to be an active member of society.
Disabled people who do manage to make their way into the work force tend to encounter numerous disadvantages such as advancement and on average earn around one quarter of the income of their able bodied counterparts (Barnes, Mercer & Shakespeare 1999, p.110). In addition, the majority of well paid, high skilled, and rewarding positions are commonly taken by non-disabled people (Barnes, Mercer & Shakespeare 1999, p.111). It is possible that employers are not interested or unmotivated to make possible changes or allowance for physically disabled people within their organization
It is usually advisable to use the Bradford Factor as one of a number of absence policies. However, setting these triggers and making staff aware of them, in addition to taking action, resulted in the Prison Service reducing absenteeism by 18%. By implementing mandatory procedures for tackling absenteeism across an organization led by the Bradford Factor, an organization can remove the potential for differences across teams and management and remove the difficulties and reluctance that line managers often face when having to discipline a close staff member. The Bradford Factor can provide organizations with a two pronged method for tackling absence: proactively deterring absence in the first place and utilizing a set procedure to identify and tackle persistent absenteeism.
Poor mental health outcomes are associated with precarious employment (e.g. non-fixed term temporary contracts, being employed with no contract, and part-time work) (Artazcoz et al., 2005; Kim et al., 2006). Workers who perceive work insecurity experience significant adverse effects on their physical and mental health (Ferrie et al., 2002).
Bonnie Smith –Yackel in “My Mother Never Worked” is remembering her mother with the feelings of disdelief of how society views a stay at home wife. While some differences between “My Mother Never Worked” and “I Want a Wife” are evident, the similarities are noticeable. Most of Society has the belief that because a woman is just a housewife, she does not work. The federal government saids “a woman who is a homemaker, who has never been a wage earner, is eligble for Social Security benefits only through the earnings of her deceased husband (Smith-Yackel 118). Bonnie Smith-Yackel I believe is shocked, and upset as she has realized, how hard her mother really did work.
In, an atmosphere where we have a good relationship with our manager, and treated justly by the manager, we are comfortable enough to trust the people around us like our peers, for instance, we are more susceptible to possess a positive citizenship behavior. A high-quality relationship with our colleague’s will propel one to go the extra mile to maintain that relationship. Absenteeism- Absenteeism is an unforeseen absence from work. Such absences are reportedly costly to companies because they can be unpredictable.
Issues and Concerns of Unemployment in Malaysia For decades, unemployment is seen as a negative issue that affects a country all over the world including Malaysia. One person may become unemployed as long as he or she is involved in the labour market. If the unemployment issue is not solved, it will give rise to a series of social and economic problems in a country. The first impact of unemployment will cause an arise of criminal activities.