Question

You will have point deduction for answers with fewer than 6 sentences of longer than 10 sentences. (5 points)

Discuss in view of historical perspective and current laws. What does it mean to be “disabled”? What are employers’ obligations towards new hires? (5points)

In “normal times”, what is the process for a nurse (RN/LPN/LVN) to leave Texas and be obtain permanent work in Florida? (5points)

A nursing unit in Wise-Town nursing home has many staff and patients infected with Covid-19. The company hired “outside nurses” to provide adequate staffing for the unit. Analyze the situation where the managing team of Wise-Town may be held liable for mistake made by those “agency” nurses. (5points)

A nurse is asked to float to a new unit to cover for loss of staff due to recent infections of Covid-19. Patients and staff are turning positive for the new infection. What are the nurse’s options, how about the law, how about the ethics? ***Remember to use the appropriate chapters in your book to analyze the reports.

Answer 1

#. The legal definition of disability :-

' a physical or mental impairment that has a substantial and long term negative effect on your ability to do normal activities.'

Disability' denotes 'any restriction or lack (resulting from an impairment) of ability to perform an activity in the manner or within the range considered normal for a human being'.

#. Employers responsibilities :-

1. Duty to pay the employee the agreed amount if the employee arrives for work and can work.

2. Provide the employee with work to do, (this is limited). However, for example, if the employee is paid by commission and the employer does not give the employee any work or if not working could damage the employee's reputation, for example, if you are a senior executive in a company. Then the employer may have broken their duty to the employee.

3. Observe Health & Safety Regulations.

4. Give employees correct information about rights under their contract.

5. Give employees reasonable opportunity to have their complaints looked at.

6. There is no duty to provide references to an employee, (except where the reference is required by the Financial Conduct Authority). However, if a reference is provided by the employer, the employer owes a duty to the employee to make sure the reference is completed with reasonable skill and care and is true, accurate and fair. The employer also owes a duty to the receiver of the reference not to make any negligent statements about the employee.

7. The employer and employee also owe each other a duty of "Mutual Trust & Confidence", basically they must show respect for each other.

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