How can healthcare facility management balance the need to respect employee
rights and manage labor relations while also implementing effective
compensation management strategies that include incentive and benefits
management to attract and retain a skilled workforce that is motivated and
engaged?
Healthcare facility can balance the respect for employee rights and effective labor
relations with strong compensation strategies including incentives and benefits by
adopting a collaborative, data-driven, and transparent approach. This ensures both
regulatory compliance and the retention of a skilled, motivated workforce.
Balancing Employee Rights and Labor Relations
The right to due process protects against unfair or unjustified punishment. In
health care facilities, they asked the staff or employee being treated unfairly to write the
incident report for the managers to know both stories of the incident. Free consent is the
individual's right to understand what they are being asked to do and the consequences
of doing so. Medical professionals and staff understand every job they're doing and they
consent to every thing they have done. Managers are not liable for every negligence
and malpractice they will be doing in their facilities. Everyone in the healthcare facilities
has the right to life and safety, which includes the right to be shielded from harm while
at work. Every health care facilities have barangay security force and security guard that
protect the medical professionals and staff from violent patients. Taguig City Health
Office also have an own clinic for all employees of the City Government with services
like medical consultations, blood lab tests and dental services that are free and
accessible for the medical professionals and staff. A general right to not be forced to
violate the individual’s personal values and beliefs on the job is known as the right to
freedom of conscience. Managers, medical professionals and staff respect every values
and beliefs of one another. They never impede their own values and beliefs to their
coworkers even they know it doesn't aligned with the values and beliefs of others. Right
to privacy is a right to protection from intrusions into their personal space at work. In
healthcare facilities, every department have their own room for their privacy to lessen
intrusions. Right to free speech is the ability to voice their thoughts or worries within the
facility without worrying about damaging their working relationships. Everyone can voice
out their opinion. However, they must be cautious with the words they're saying cause it
might break working relationships. In conclusion, Respect is fostered among all
members of the healthcare facilities through trust. A certain amount of communication
between a boss and employee requires trust effectively.
Effective Compensation, Incentives, and Benefits Management
● Compensation: The incentive pay and benefits against industry standards
ensures the competitiveness and fairness that is critical for attracting and
retaining talented employees. For instance here in Taguig City Health, they
provide overtime pays for employees that sre required to work Saturday Medical
and Dental Missions.
● Incentive Programs Linked to Performance: Healthcare Facilities always have
target population to provide services if the staff and professionals achieve this
target based on their performance they will receive year end incentives or
bonuses.
● Comprehensive Benefits Packages: The Health Office offer health, retirement,
and wellness benefits addresses diverse employee needs and enhances
retention. For example here in Taguig City Health, people who are old age or
with disabilities they receive birthday cash gifts amount ranging 1,000 to 2,000.
The employees are covered in healthcare insurances with little to no amount of
paying anything.
In conclusion, healthcare facilities can create a positive high-performing work
environment through fostering collaborative labor relations, ensuring legal compliance,
and implementing transparency, competitive compensation and incentive strategies,
This approach not only respects employee rights but it also motivates and retains skilled
staff and ultimately supporting the delivery of quality healthcare services.
