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Compliance with Federal Labor Laws The legal environment affects the healthcare workplace in many ways. It is the responsibility of HIM managers to understand the various federal laws affecting employment. For this assignment: 1. Read the three scenarios. 2.
For each scenario, determine if a federal law was violated. Which one? 3. Explain the actions which violated the law, if that is the case. Scenario #1: You, as the HIM manager, have an opening for a coding position within your department.
Several applications have been submitted for the position. You have completed the interviews and narrowed your decision between two potential candidates. Both candidates have equal education, hold their RHIT credential and have the 10 years’ experience required for the position. One candidate is 46 years old and the other candidate is 36. After much thought, you have decided to hire the 36-year-old coder.
She will be able to work many more years than the other candidate before thinking of retirement. Scenario #2: Mary Sue is one of your best employees. She has always given 150% to any job assigned, along with being an employee within the organization for more than five years. Mary Sue’s work ethic and dedication as the Release of Information Specialist has kept this function running smoothly. Mary Sue recently approached you to take some time off to care for her ailing parent.
Her father, who has terminal cancer, is not expected to live more than eight weeks and she would like to care for him in his final days. You would love to give Mary Sue eight weeks off to be with her father, however, don’t have anyone to replace her at this time. This time off would truly be a burden to the department, thus you have denied Mary Sue her request. Scenario #3: Your organization implemented the electronic health record (EHR) three years ago. All of the paper records have been scanned into the system, eliminating the need for storing the paper records any longer.
You have decided to destroy the paper records and place an ad in the local newspaper for a temporary position. Two candidates applied and interviewed for the position. Candidate A was a delightful young lady with a bubbly personality. Although this candidate would be a positive influence on the department and a hard worker, she does have multiple sclerosis which has confined her to a wheelchair. She has limited use of her arms and is unable to stand.
Candidate B, on the other hand, lacks the infectious, positive attitude of Candidate A. She is, however, able bodied. Since the job would involve reaching, standing, and climbing a ladder to retrieve the records, you have decided Candidate B would be the best employee and offer her the job. ©Regis University, All Rights Reserved Regis University CC&IS CS210 Introduction to Programming Java Programming Assignment 6: Objects and Loops Your previous Alice programs implemented the count (for) and while loops. This assignment will apply the same concepts to Java, along with a third type of loop, the do-while loop. You will again use an object to store data.
Then looping statements will be used to run some of the statements repeatedly. Problem Summary and Equations Write a program to compare how long it will take to pay off a credit card balance by paying only the minimum required payment each month, or by paying a larger amount each month. The program will work for any credit card balance of 0 or more. ï‚· The credit card will have an annual interest rate between 3% and 25%. ï‚· Interest will be applied monthly. This means that 1/12 th of the annual interest will be added to the current balance each month. ï‚· The user can choose to pay down anywhere from 6% to 33% of the balance every month. The payment made each month will always be at least the minimum required payment, but will never be more than the remaining balance.
Program Requirements This program will implement a “generic†input reading method called readPercent that can be used to read and validate a percentage is within a specified range. The method will include 3 parameters:  the lowest percentage allowed  the highest percentage allowed  a String description of what percentage is being read from the user By passing in these values as parameters, you can re-use the method to read any range of percentages needed for any data value. For example, if you were to call the method to read a mortgage rate, which is a percentage between 3.5% and 20%, the call would be: double mortgageRate = readPercent(3.5, 20, "annual mortgage rate"); Or to read a down payment percent, which is a percentage between 10% and 30%, the call would be: double downRate = readPercent(10, 30, "down payment percent"); Required Classes and Methods Two separate classes will be required for this program.
1. Define a Java class with properties and methods for a Credit Card Account, named: CreditCardAccount ©Regis University, All Rights Reserved The class will have the following private properties: ï¶ current balance ï¶ annual interest rate (percentage – e.g. 12.5%) ï¶ percent of current balance to pay each month (e.g. 10%) Within the CreditCardAccount class you will define methods, as follows: ï‚· Define a constructor, with parameters that pass in the user entered values for only two of the properties, the initial balance and annual interest rate. o Use the parameters to initialize:  the current balance property to the initial balance parameter value  the annual interest rate property to the annual interest rate parameter value o Initialize the percent to pay off each month to 0. ï‚· Define a second constructor, with parameters that pass in the user entered values for all three of the properties, and use them to initialize the property values. ï‚· Define a getter for the percent of current balance to pay each month. ï‚· Define an instance method to determine and return the minimum required payment for a month: o Define and use three local constants:  A low balance minimum payment ()  A high balance percentage (5%)  A low balance limit (00) o If the current balance is below the low balance limit, then the minimum required payment will be the low balance minimum payment. o Otherwise, the minimum required payment will be the high balance percentage of the current balance. o Return the correct minimum required payment ï‚· Define a make payment instance method to record and display a payment for one month (note that there will be no loops in this method).
This method will: o Calculate values and display one line of output, containing the data about one month’s payment, as follows:  Display the current (starting) balance.  Use the current balance to calculate the interest to be applied for the month, and add that interest to the current balance.  Display the interest charge and current balance (with interest).  Using the current balance (with interest), calculate the payment for the month, based on the percent of current balance to pay each month data field.  Call the instance method to determine the minimum required payment.  Check to see if the calculated payment is less than the minimum required payment. o If so, set the calculated payment to the minimum required payment. ©Regis University, All Rights Reserved  The calculated payment may be higher than the remaining balance.
So check to see if the calculated payment is higher than the remaining balance. o If so, set the calculated payment to the remaining balance.  Display the calculated payment that will be paid for the month.  Subtract the calculated payment from the current balance (with interest).  Display the new current balance (i.e. the ending balance, after the payment has been made). ï‚· Define a payoff instance method to calculate and display information each month until the credit card is paid off. This method will: o Display a line describing the percent of current balance that will be paid each month  If the percent is 0, display “minimum payment†instead of a percent. o Display headers for the results (see sample output below). o Use a while loop to update and display information about the credit card account every month, as follows:  Display the month number (starting with month 1, and incrementing by 1 each time the code loops).  Call the above defined make payment method to update and display the data values for the month. o Stop looping when the current balance reaches 0. o Return the number of months needed to pay off the card.
NOTE: When one instance method needs to call another instance method, the second instance method should be called using the this reference to reference the current object. 2. Define a second class containing a main method, and additional methods, to compare paying only the minimum required payment each month with paying a larger amount each month. Name the class: PayoffComparison Within the PayoffComparison class: ï‚· Define a static method to prompt for, read, and validate an initial credit card balance. The method will: o Define and use a constant to hold the lowest initial balance allowed (0).
This constant should be used to specify the lowest value allowed in the prompts, and to test for it within conditions. o Prompt for and read the initial balance. o If the user enters an initial balance that is below the lowest initial balance allowed:  Issue an error message, and loop to re-prompt the user and read another value o Loop until a valid value is entered. o Return a valid initial balance. ©Regis University, All Rights Reserved ï‚· Define the generic static readPercent method described at the top of this assignment, to prompt for, read, and validate a percentage. This method will: o Implement a loop that uses a boolean variable as the condition. o Prompt for and read a percentage.  The prompt should use the parameters to specify the percentage being read (description) and the lowest and highest percentage rates allowed. o If the percent entered is not valid (i.e. not between the lowest and highest rate, inclusive):  Issue an error message, and loop to re-prompt the user and read another value o Loop until the percent entered is valid. o Return a valid percentage. ï‚· Define a static method to prompt for, read, and validate the percentage of the balance to be paid off each month.
This method will: o Define constants to hold the lowest and highest paydown percentages allowed (6 and 33). o Within a loop, until the user enter a valid choice:  Let the user choose from a menu of five choices on what minimum payment to make: 1 - 10% of remaining balance each month 2 - 20% of remaining balance each month 3 - 30% of remaining balance each month 4 – Some other percent of the balance each month between 6 and 33  If the user enters 4, call the generic readPercent method to read the percentage of the balance to be paid off each month, between 6 and 33.  If the user enters an invalid value, loop to display the menu and read another choice. o Return a valid percentage of the balance to be paid off each month. ï‚· Define a main method that will: o Define constants to hold the lowest and highest annual interest rates allowed (3 and 25). o Display a description of what the program will do to the user. o Read input from the user as follows:  Call the static methods to read the initial balance.  Call the static readPercent method to read the annual interest rate.  Call the static method to read the percentage of the balance to pay off each month. o After reading all the input, create two new objects of the CreditCardAccount class  Create the first object using the first constructor and the first two user input values.  Create the second object using the second constructor and all the user input values.
NOTE: After creating the objects, the variables used to store the values read from the user should not be used again. ©Regis University, All Rights Reserved Sample Description and Input o Display a couple of blank lines after reading all of the user input. o Call the payoff method with the first object, and store the returned number of months. o Call the payoff method with the second object, and store the returned number of months. o Display a statement comparing the number of months required to pay off the credit card with only the minimum monthly payments, vs paying off the credit card with a larger monthly payment (use a getter to get the payoff percentage per month). (The figures in each column should line up with each other on the right – see Sample Output on next page for example) 3.
The program must implement both a while and do-while loop somewhere in the code. 4. The program must follow the CS210 Coding Standards from Content section 6.10. Be sure to include the following comments: o Comments at the top of each code file describing what the class does  Include tags with the author’s name (i.e. your full name) and the version of the code (e.g. version 1.0, Java Assn 5) o Comments at the top of each method, describing what the method does  Include tags with names and descriptions of each parameter and return value. WARNING: The objects, classes, and methods must be implemented exactly as specified above.
If your program produces correct output, but you did not create and use the object as specified, and implement the required classes and methods, you will lose a significant number of points. Testing ï‚· Run, debug, and test your Java program with different inputs, until you are sure that all control structures within your program work correctly. ï‚· The sample inputs and output can be used as the initial test to test your program. But be sure you thoroughly test it using other values as well. This program calculates how long it will take to pay off your credit card balance with minimum payments vs. larger payments. Enter the beginning balance (at least 0): 1111.11 the credit card's annual interest rate (between 3% and 25%): 7 What will the monthly payment will be?
1 - 10% of balance with interest 2 - 20% of balance with interest 3 - 30% of balance with interest 4 - Some other percent Enter choice from Menu above: 2 ©Regis University, All Rights Reserved Sample Output Results when paying minimum required payment per month ---------------------------------------------------------------- Initial Month's Balance End Month Balance Interest w/Interest Payment Balance ---------------------------------------------------------------- 1 1111.11 6..59 55...71 6..91 53...51 5..43 51.02 969..41 5.65 975.06 50.00 925..06 5.40 930.46 50.00 880..46 5.14 885.59 50.00 835..59 4.87 840.47 50.00 790..47 4.61 795.08 50.00 745..08 4.35 749.43 50.00 699..43 4.08 703.51 50.00 653..51 3.81 657.32 50.00 607..32 3.54 610.86 50.00 560..86 3.27 564.13 50.00 514..13 3.00 517.13 50.00 467..13 2.72 469.86 50.00 419..86 2.45 422.30 50.00 372..30 2.17 374.48 50.00 324..48 1.89 326.37 50.00 276..37 1.61 277.98 50.00 227..98 1.33 229.31 50.00 179..31 1.05 180.36 50.00 130..36 0.76 131.12 50.00 81..12 0.47 81.59 50.00 31..59 0.18 31.78 31.78 0.00 Results when paying 20% of the balance per month ---------------------------------------------------------------- Initial Month's Balance End Month Balance Interest w/Interest Payment Balance ---------------------------------------------------------------- 1 1111.11 6..59 223.52 894..07 5.22 899.29 179.86 719..43 4.20 723.63 144.73 578..90 3.38 582.28 116.46 465..82 2.72 468.54 93.71 374..83 2.19 377.02 75.40 301..62 1.76 303.37 60.67 242..70 1.42 244.12 50.00 194..12 1.13 195.25 50.00 145..25 0.85 146.10 50.00 96..10 0.56 96.66 50.00 46..66 0.27 46.93 46.93 0.00 Paying minimum required payment per month, it will take 24 months to pay off the credit card.
Paying 20% of the balance per month, it will take 12 months to pay off the credit card. ©Regis University, All Rights Reserved Program Submission This programming assignment is due by midnight of the date listed in the Course Assignments by Week. From this point in the course forward, programs that do not compile without errors will not be accepted. Again, you will submit a single zip file containing all of the files in your project. ï‚· First export your project from NetBeans: o Highlight the project name. o Click on File from the top menu, and select Export Project. o Select To ZIP o Name your export file in the following format: <lastname>Assn<x>.zip For example: SmithAssn6.zip NOTE: Save this zip file to some other directory, not your project directory. ï‚· Then submit your .zip file to the Java Prog Assn 6 assignment submission folder (located under the Assignments/Dropbox tab in the online course). o Warning: Only NetBeans export files will be accepted.
Do not use any other kind of archive or zip utility. Grading This program will be graded using the rubric that is linked on the same assignment page from which this program requirements file was downloaded. WARNING: Programs submitted more than 5 days past the due date will not be accepted, and will receive a grade of 0.
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Compliance with Federal Labor Laws in Healthcare: An Analysis of Violations in Three ScenariosIntroduction
Healthcare Information Management (HIM) managers play a vital role in ensuring compliance with federal labor laws, which directly impact workplace dynamics, employee rights, and organizational responsibilities. Understanding and adhering to these laws is critical for fostering an equitable and fair workplace. The following analysis evaluates three scenarios and determines if federal laws were violated. Each scenario will explore the implications of these violations and the necessary actions to rectify them.
Scenario Analysis
Scenario 1
In the first scenario, the HIM manager faces the dilemma of selecting between two equally qualified candidates for a coding position, one aged 46 and the other aged 36. Ultimately, the decision is made to hire the younger candidate based on the belief that she will be able to work more years before retirement.
Violation of Federal Law: Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA)
The ADEA (29 U.S.C. § 621 et seq.) prohibits employment discrimination against individuals age 40 or older, protecting them from discriminatory practices based on age (U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission [EEOC], n.d.). The decision to prioritize the younger candidate over the older candidate solely for reasons related to age constitutes a violation of this law.
Explanation of Violation
By favoring the younger candidate because of the expectation that she would be able to work longer before retirement, the HIM manager effectively discriminated against the older applicant. Employers are expected to make hiring decisions based on qualifications, skills, and competencies without bias related to age. This action not only undermines the principles of fair employment but also exposes the organization to legal repercussions (Reeves, 2020).
Scenario 2
In this second scenario, Mary Sue, a dedicated employee, requests eight weeks of leave to care for her terminally ill father. The HIM manager denies her request due to a lack of replacement staff, a decision fueled by the desire to maintain departmental operations.
Violation of Federal Law: Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
The FMLA (29 U.S.C. § 2601 et seq.) protects an employee's right to take unpaid, job-protected leave for certain family and medical reasons, including caring for a family member with a serious health condition (U.S. Department of Labor [DOL], n.d.). Denying Mary Sue leave for this purpose represents a clear violation of the FMLA.
Explanation of Violation
While it may be challenging to accommodate an employee's leave during critical periods, the FMLA provides that employers cannot deny eligible employees their rightful leave for family caregiving responsibilities. By disregarding Mary Sue's legal right to take time off, the HIM manager not only fails to value employee well-being but also risks legal actions, including possible claims for damages (Lester, 2018).
Scenario 3
In the third scenario, the HIM manager decides to hire an able-bodied candidate over a disabled candidate for a temporary position involving physical tasks related to the destruction of paper records.
Violation of Federal Law: Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
The ADA (42 U.S.C. § 12101 et seq.) prohibits employment discrimination against individuals with disabilities and requires employers to provide reasonable accommodations unless it would impose an undue hardship on the organization (U.S. Department of Justice [DOJ], n.d.). The decision to exclude the candidate with multiple sclerosis solely based on her disability represents a violation of the ADA.
Explanation of Violation
In this case, the HIM manager's decision is based on the physical requirements of the position without considering whether reasonable accommodations could enable the disabled candidate to perform the necessary tasks. Employers are obligated to evaluate candidates based on their capabilities and the potential for accommodation, rather than making presumptions based on their disabilities (Lindsay et al., 2018).
Conclusion
Understanding and adhering to federal labor laws is critical for HIM managers in ensuring equitable workplaces and avoiding potential legal repercussions. The three scenarios analyzed highlight significant violations of the ADEA, FMLA, and ADA, emphasizing the importance of making informed and equitable decisions in hiring and employee relations.
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This analysis underscores the need for HIM managers to be knowledgeable about federal laws to foster a workplace that protects employee rights while advancing organizational goals.