Employee Benefits

                                 

Employee Benefits at HealthCo

HealthCo is a nonprofit health care organization which involves many units including; clinics, rehabilitation units, hospice, therapy facilities among other specialized centers. It has got many workers which to attend to clients in each department. However, the organization is more focused on the performance by each employee than their welfare. Some of key leaders in the organization tend to manipulate the other workers to emulate their tendency of over-working in order improve the status of the organization. Below is a discussion of how to deal with some issues in HealthCo organization;

1.                  How to conduct a diagnosis of the situation at HealthCo

The management committee of the HealthCo organization should be advised to set standard goals for each department. This can be achieved through negotiating with the workers in order to make sure that they are comfortable with the working conditions. All workers should be allowed to present their claims concerning the challenges they face while at work (Salisbury, 2010).

The leaders should also introduce better ways to ensure that workers perform well in their duties rather than comparing their level of performance. These ways may include; giving awards to the best team of the year or awarding sponsorships to the best performing teams to attend various seminars concerning their job. These initiatives will improve the performance of the employees since they will be making effort to win the awards. Moreover, they will be motivated to work hard since their welfare will be being taken care of.

The organization should also train more workers to gain adequate expertise in various departments in order to avoid getting stranded when some workers go on leave. It should ensure that all workers can be held responsible to represent the organization in various meetings concerning their departments. This will ensure that the organization’s activities are run normally even in absence of some employees.

There should also be fair treatment to all employees regarding their daily challenges (Haigh, 2001). This is because discriminating some workers will make them to start having negative attitude towards their work and even their employers. However, the policy of the organization concerning the new employees should not be violated on the basis of offering fair treatment to all workers. For instance, in order to start enjoying some benefits, an employee may be required to serve the organization for a certain period of time.

The organization should not force workers to resume duties during their free time. Each employee should be given a chance to decide whether to work during his free time or not. If an employee confesses that he or she has some other duties to attend to during the free time, this should not create enmity between the employee and the employers (Adair, 2000).

2.                  Diagnosis of the situation in the scenarios and the case

In the first scenario, Pat should not have been angry with Chris because he declined to make the trip to New York. Chris gave genuine reasons as to why he was unable to make the trip. He could not have left his elderly parents and his young daughter on their own in order to attend the trip. Pat should have communicated with Chris early enough in order to give him ample time to find someone to take care of his family during the time he would be attending the trip. He should have given him the chance to decide whether to attend or not instead of trying to blackmail him through praises. The problem in this scenario can be avoid by ensuring that the there are several workers with adequate expertise in the various departments rather than depending on one person.

In the second scenario, Francis understands that workers should be given time to attend to their personal issues. When Blair decided to take some days off get his father settled, Francis allowed and thanked him for the good work he had been doing though he knew that the organization needed his help very much. This made Blair to feel that he was working for the best organization. Therefore, leaders in each department should relate well with the other employees and assist them in making some decisions concerning their work. This makes them to work willingly and communicate freely the issues affecting their work with their leaders. A good relationship between all parties in the organization will lead to improvement in performance of each employee.

In the third scenario, since Robin presents a case which goes against the policy of the organization, it becomes hard for Mercer to make a quick decision. The organization should be committed to ensuring fair treatment to all employees. If Robin is allowed to be working part-time while other employees work fulltime, the organization will be going against its policy. However, if he is denied the opportunity, the organization will lose important expertise since he is willing to quit job and look for other organizations which will grant him the chance to work part-time. Moreover, through working with the medical students, Robin would make the HealthCo to attract top students to the organization hence improving its performance.

The HR should accept the Robin’s request since he will continue working for the organization within the specified duration.

Leaders should set a good example for the employees to follow but not to force them to work over-time as they do. The needs of the employees should be considered while making the possible decisions promote the status of the organization (Adair, 2000).

3.                    The key issues in the HealthCo becoming a top company in terms of work-life benefits

The organization should consider offering important benefits to the employees such as extended leave payment, referral services, concierge services, and provide fitness facilities for the workers. Promoting good health for the workers will ensure quality performance in their duties hence improving the overall activities of the organization. Offering concierge services like dry cleaning will help the workers to save the time and money they would have spend in taking the clothes to dry cleaners out of their work place. This might make some of the workers to spend the time in doing work in their departments hence promoting the activities of the organization.

Employees should also be relieved from being overworked by employing more workers in various departments (Bhadra, 2005). This will make them to start working in shifts hence having adequate time to rest before resuming working. The organization should also award sponsorships to their employees to attend to various seminars concerning their job in order to enable them to gain adequate expertise. This will help the organization to avoid forcing some workers to resume duties during the free time.

In order to ensure smooth running of all activities at HealthCo, there should be good relationship between the employees and the leaders. Employees should be allowed important benefits during their working days and even after retirement. This ensures that all workers are comfortable with their working conditions hence being motivated to work hard (Bhadra, 2005).

Work Cited

Adair, J. (2000). Confucius on Leadership. Sri Lanka: pan Macmillan.

Bhadra, D. (2005). International Economist, Teacher and Author. Connecticut: MITRE Publishers.

Haigh, J. (2001). The Business Rules. Sri Lanka: Hachette Livre UK .

Salisbury, D. (2010). Employee Benefits. Wall Street Journal , 23-67.