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When Health Care Employees Strike:
A Guide for Planning and Action (Second Edition)
By Kenneth Kruger and
Norman Metzger |
A labor strike can cripple a health care institution, forcing the administration to cut back or completely cancel essential services. And in today's uncertain environment, it is not uncommon for health care organizations to be faced with the dreadful prospect of a strike.
This thoroughly revised and updated second edition of When Health Care Employees Strike is an essential survival guide for health care administrators who must plan and cope with the inevitable labor dispute.
When Health Care Employees Strike, Second Edition, contains a wealth of resources, including:
- Analysis of the role of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
- Review of the National Labor Relations Act
- Discussion of the different types of strikes
- Examination of a health care labor strike
- Proposal for change
- Sample forms and checklists for use during a strike
In addition to presenting information on ways to prevent strikes, the book also contains a comprehensive step-by-step manual to ensure health care organizations can continue operation during a labor dispute. The manual begins with a series of outlines that provide clear direction in a time of potential chaos.
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Health Care Human
Resources Administration Manual By
Kenneth Kruger
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Health Care Human
Resources Administration Manual covers
all the latest developments affecting HR
professionals in the health care industry
and keeps you completely up-to-date on
today's most pressing issues, including
many that can ultimately affect the
accreditation and funding of your
institution. Written by an expert author
in partnership with contributors who
deliver targeted expertise in specific
areas of health care HR, this essential
reference delivers valuable insights into:
Staffing shortages,
complicated by increasing demands for
services and aging staff populations
Employee/labor relations issues The
constantly changing and increasingly
difficult regulatory environment with
coverage of laws that contain have
specific health care elements, such as
NLRA, HIPAA, FLSA, and more Workplace
safety issues and regulations, including
OSHA, JCAHO accreditation and
certification requirements
Designed to meet the
needs of the HR professional at work in
any sector of the health care industry, Health
Care Human Resources Administration Manual
also includes a FREE companion CD-ROM,
that includes over 60 forms, checklists,
and sample policies and procedures.
- Health Care HR
Strategy: Corporate and
Professional Accountability; Executive
Coaching; Mergers and Acquisitions;
Managing External Relationships;
Accreditation and Certification; HR
Role in Organizational Strategy;
Metrics Associated with Health Care HR
Strategy
- Health Care
Recruitment and Retention: Does
Your Organization Have a Workforce
Plan?; Diversity Initiatives;
Orientation and Training; Employee
Satisfaction; Metrics Associated with
Recruitment and Retention
- Health Care
Staffing: Factors Influencing the
Hiring Process; Hiring the Right
Candidate; Contingency Workers;
Outsourcing; Succession Planning;
Reductions in Workforce; Metrics
Associated with Health Care Staffing
- Employee
Information and Records: Human
Resources Information Management;
Personnel Files; Access to Personnel
Files; Required Posters and Notices;
Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act; HIPAA and the Role
of Human Resources Management; Other
Recordkeeping; Length of Time Personal
Information Should Be Kept; Human
Resources Documents in Preparation for
JCAHO; Metrics Associated with
Employee Information and Records
- Compensation:
Executive Compensation; Wage and
Salary Administration; Regulatory and
Compliance Framework; Compensation
Fundamentals; Culture, Vision,
Strategy and Philosophical Commitment;
Forms of Pay; The Structure of a
Compensation Program; Communicating
the Program at the Outset; Job
Analysis; Job Description /
Documentation; Competitive Analysis;
Job Evaluation; Pay Structures; Pay
Program Implementation; Metrics
Associated with Compensation
- Benefits:
Benefits Planning; Benefits
Administration and Management; Health
Insurance Benefits; Retirement Plans;
Fringe Benefits
- Employee
Relations: Compliance Programs;
Employees Right to Refuse;
Credentialing; Security Policies;
Dispute Resolutions; Employee
Misconduct; Termination; Absenteeism;
Family and Medical Leave Act; Metrics
Associated with Employee Relations
- Labor
Relations in Health Care: Labor
Relations in the Health Care Industry;
Collective Bargaining; Employee
Committees and Governance; Unfair
Labor Practices; Work Refusals and
Strikes; Discipline, Grievances and
Dispute Resolution; Metrics Associated
with Labor Relations in Health Care
- Employment
Discrimination: Antidiscrimination
Laws; Compliance and Discrimination
Protections; Workforce Education and
Training; Remedying Discrimination
- Health Care
Workplace Safety: Employer Duties;
Accident Prevention and Safety
Promotion; Disaster Readiness;
Emergency Response; Workplace
Violence; Occupational Safety and
Health Act; Bloodborne Pathogens
Standard; Ergonomics Programs;
Wellness Programs; Metrics Associated
with Health Care Workplace Safety.
- Organizational
Development in Health Care: The
Field of Organizational Development;
Organizational Challenges of Health
Care; Adding Value to the Health Care
Environment; Closing Thoughts:
Positioning OD for Success
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