Criminal Justice: Is Your Employer Doing Enough? Critical Thinkings Examples

Employers in contemporary work settings are employing various strategies to protect their employees’ rights and civil liberties. Primarily, my former employer protected the civil rights and liberties of its workers by ensuring that their confidential information was protected and inaccessible to third parties. Some of the employee information that the company protected include their home addresses, social security numbers, parent’s surname, e-mail addresses, and internet identification names. Additionally, the company ensured that all employee management information, such as terminations, disciplinary actions, and conduct investigations, were kept confidential. To ensure that its employees’ confidential information was protected, the company developed a written confidentiality policy describing the information that is considered confidential as well as the procedures that must be followed to ensure that all employee information is confidential. In most cases, all confidential employee information was stored in locked cabinets that are accessible only to particular individuals.
Furthermore, my former employer ensured that all workers had a safe and healthy working environment. The company had an elaborate plan to control day-to-day workplace hazards. It also ensured that all employees had access to fully equipped first aid kits. The employer also arranged for training sessions, especially in cases where potential risks were associated with the employee’s responsibilities. Besides, all workers were given safe work procedures and written instructions so that they could countercheck some of the safety instructions that were unclear. Finally, the employer ensured that all accidents were investigated to establish the cause of the accidents and to take the necessary steps to prevent similar cases in future. Ideally, such safety regulations are important because they ensure that employees work in healthy and safe environments, which is their right.