An employee gets injured at work when he is stung by a bee, and follows the correct procedures for reporting a work injury to his employer. Soon after, his employer puts the employee on probation for violating a work rule requiring employees to "maintain situational awareness." What type of program is being misused by the employer in this scenario as a form of retaliation against the employee for reporting a workplace injury?

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Alvin Dunn

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27 December, 03:01

An employee gets injured at work when he is stung by a bee, and follows the correct procedures for reporting a work injury to his employer. Soon after, his employer puts the employee on probation for violating a work rule requiring employees to "maintain situational awareness." What type of program is being misused by the employer in this scenario as a form of retaliation against the employee for reporting a workplace injury?

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Lorelai Shepard · Answer 1

I would say that the program the employer is misusing against the employee is the reporting of all workplace safety hazards or injuries. The purpose of such a program as agreed to between probably the union and the safety/first aid departments of the company would be to ensure that all injuries are treated and assessed for how to avoid in the future and also all safety hazards are reported to allow action to be taken to avoid a lost time accident or even fatality.