Of the many over-arching concerns a business of any sort must attend to, one of the main concerns is that of claims of harassment by employees against other employees or managers. Claims of harassment must be handled with the most urgent and utmost concern, not only to rectify a situation where in an employee has been potentially harmed, but also because of the impending legal issues that could arise from claims of harassment within the workplace.
He had been running behind and he knew it. However good he was at what he did he just hadn't been in his right mind the last few days. His wife wanted more money his kids were hungry and he knew that asking for a raise was out of the question at this point.
His heart was failing him. He knew he could do a lot more with his life but he just didn't have the guts to go to grad school. There were just too many loopholes to jump through and he was tired of it all. The bureaucracy, the lies, all of it was wearing him thin and he knew he wouldn't last much longer.
How long had it been since he had smiled when he came home? Why was he letting this job get the best of him? These were questions he asked himself every day. He knew he didn't belong in an office doing stupid marketing but he also knew that deep down what he wanted would never pay the bills.
Beyond instituting a form of sexual harassment training or other, more general, harassment training course for the employees, a company can do more to protect themselves from claims of harassment by instituting a very important office rule called the open door policy. Unfortunately, it is common for employees who are looking for an advantage over their employer to file false suits of harassment simply because they can get away with it.
As a part of those who are affected, one of the changes to HIPAA includes an expanded definition of what constitutes a business associate of the entities covered in HIPAA. The definition of a business associate of a HIPAA compliant organization now includes all subcontractors of the associate to the HIPAA organization who handles in any way the PHI stemming from the before mentioned business associate, even if the subcontractor has an indirect association with the business associate.
The open door policy is exactly what it states itself to be-all doors in the office should remain open as much as possible with the obvious exception to restrooms or designated mother's rooms or similar areas. Doors to managers offices, conference rooms, or other offices in the building should remain open at all times so that transparency and openness can be visible to all, therefore mitigating and all but eliminating the possibility of harassment taking place behind closed doors.
He had been running behind and he knew it. However good he was at what he did he just hadn't been in his right mind the last few days. His wife wanted more money his kids were hungry and he knew that asking for a raise was out of the question at this point.
His heart was failing him. He knew he could do a lot more with his life but he just didn't have the guts to go to grad school. There were just too many loopholes to jump through and he was tired of it all. The bureaucracy, the lies, all of it was wearing him thin and he knew he wouldn't last much longer.
How long had it been since he had smiled when he came home? Why was he letting this job get the best of him? These were questions he asked himself every day. He knew he didn't belong in an office doing stupid marketing but he also knew that deep down what he wanted would never pay the bills.
Beyond instituting a form of sexual harassment training or other, more general, harassment training course for the employees, a company can do more to protect themselves from claims of harassment by instituting a very important office rule called the open door policy. Unfortunately, it is common for employees who are looking for an advantage over their employer to file false suits of harassment simply because they can get away with it.
As a part of those who are affected, one of the changes to HIPAA includes an expanded definition of what constitutes a business associate of the entities covered in HIPAA. The definition of a business associate of a HIPAA compliant organization now includes all subcontractors of the associate to the HIPAA organization who handles in any way the PHI stemming from the before mentioned business associate, even if the subcontractor has an indirect association with the business associate.
The open door policy is exactly what it states itself to be-all doors in the office should remain open as much as possible with the obvious exception to restrooms or designated mother's rooms or similar areas. Doors to managers offices, conference rooms, or other offices in the building should remain open at all times so that transparency and openness can be visible to all, therefore mitigating and all but eliminating the possibility of harassment taking place behind closed doors.
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