Healthcare Laws
Autor: Isaiah Niala • January 21, 2016 • Coursework • 766 Words (4 Pages) • 794 Views
Healthcare Laws
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Healthcare Laws
The health care industry is big and growing quickly. The sector has many jobs opportunities that need to be exploited. The applicants of healthcare jobs may have impairments just the applicants of other industries. Working in the healthcare sector is associated with many hazards, and disable employees in the sector may need special attention to serve in the sector. The Public Health Department of Alabama wants to recruit a qualified person for the post of Hepatitis Prevention Coordinator in the central office of the Bureau of Communicable Disease. There are various legislations that the departments need to consider in the process of recruitment. It has to adhere to the various legislations touching on employment such as the America Disability Act (ADA), Affirmative Action (AA), Civil Rights Act and the Equal Employment Opportunities (EEO) Act just to mention a few (Plevan, 2003).
As part of the employment process, the public health department of Alabama must consider the Laws that govern the employment agreement. These laws establish a reasonable balance of power between employer and employee. Laws provide special protections to employees. The provisions of the legislations include consistent treatment, employment standards, and the rights of individuals. The America Disability Act (ADA) was established to cater for the unique interest of the disable in the challenging healthcare work environment. The America Disability Act (ADA) refers to a legislation that prohibits the discrimination of the disable at the place of work such as healthcare institution. The legislation allows the disable to have equal chances of being employed in the health sector just like the non-disable individuals (Federal discrimination law, 2008).
The affirmative action legislation aims at ensuring gender parity in the health sector by encouraging the absorption of females into the health sectors. This legislation plays an essential role of ensuring that there is no discrimination based on race, ethnicity and gender in the health care sector. Any qualified person in health care profession has an equal chance of being employed in the healthcare industry. Discrimination refers to the differential treatment of people based on various factors such as their economic status, level of education, race, gender or ethnicity. Discrimination in the work place is very common in the United States of America. The Latinos and African America are always discriminated against when it comes to employment various sectors in U.S. They are often considered to be less equal to the major white race. The affirmative action legislation was set up to address the rampant discrimination in America (Federal discrimination law, 2008).
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