Human
resources management develop strategies for the safety and health measures of
the organization. Managers at the HR department are responsible to balance the
rights of guns owners while providing the safety to the other workforce of the
organization. Article written by the Nagele Piazza
in 2017 covers the duties and responsibilities of the HR management towards the
safety of the workplace (Nagele Piazza, 2017). According to the
article, organizations are obliged under the act of federal occupational safety
and health act to provide a safe environment to all its workers. It is under
the HR duties to work for the safe environment as they have to develop
strategies to control the use of guns, drugs, and knives at the workplace.
The article basically provides information about the
HR professionals and their role in reconciling the use of guns in the
workplace. employees sometimes bring their guns and knives with them that is
quite dangerous and unsafe for the organizational environment. in the united
states licensed citizens to have the right to take arms with them for their
safety. for this situation parking lot laws are developed according to which
employees who are used to bring weapons as guns and knives with them can store
their weapons in the lockers or in their car. in some companies employees are
given lockers in the parking lots to store their weapons their rather than
taking inside the building.
Employees working in the organizations that do not
allow their employees to take the weapons with them in the building can store
their weapons in the parking lot at the safe place. the article also provides
examples of the laws of the parking lot. there are some similarities in the
laws of the parking lot. for instance, according to all these laws employees
have to place their guns and weapons in the weapon cases that should be
concealed from the view. While according to some laws of the organization are
not allowed to develop such rules that allow the employees to possess an arm a
gun or a knife in the organization beyond the parking lot.
In fact, the laws of different organizations are
different. there are very limited similarities in their laws as each
organization develops laws that match their mission and working environment.
other than employees visitors and representatives of the other organizations
are also not allowed to bring the weapons inside the building of the
organization.
Nagele Piazza has also presented opinion and views of
other famous Human resources managers and lawyers. In the article, the main
focus is on the occupational safety and health act by the federal occupational
regularity authorities. employees that are against the guns rights are
projecting their views against the laws of the parking lot and all other laws
that support the weapons used in the workplace.
Nagele Piazza presented the views of Rogers and
Harrison as they are against the guns rights. according to their point of view
bringing weapons in the parking lot or the property of the organization
increases the chances of safety issues as conflicts and injuries of the other
employees (Nagele Piazza, 2017). sometimes use of a
weapon in the workplace by an employee also create trouble for the owner and
management of the organization. organizations sometimes place notices at the
main entrance of the organization to prevent the employees from taking the
weapons inside the building.
Owners also face legal consequences when employees use
weapons on their property. property is not only the workplace it can be a
parking lot of the organization. therefore organizations have to develop strict
rules towards the weapons and firearms. Human resources department has to
introduce the strategies that reduce the chances of safety issues for the
employees.
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References
Nagele Piazza, L. (2017, 11). Sticking to their
guns. Retrieved 07 24, 2018, from www.hrmagazine-digital.com:
http://www.hrmagazine-digital.com/hrmagazine/november_2017?pg=72#pg72