RUNNING HEADER: CONTRACTED STAFFING RISKS AND BENEFITS
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Contracted Staffing Risks and Benefits
Health Law and Ethics/ HCS/ 545
September 28, 2015
Contracted Staffing Risks and Benefits
CONTRACTED STAFFING RISKS AND BENEFITS
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The industry of contracted staffing has been an appealing option to employers for
many years with a fraction of health care employees being apart of the contacted
network. Contracting staffing allows organizations to reduce hiring risks, gain access to
highly skilled workers while managing uncertainty. With multiple benefits of contracted
staffing come legal risks and ethical concerns that need to be avoided in order to remain
compliant with contract requirements.
Legal Risks
When entering work into a health care contract, employees are at risk for civil and
criminal legal issues.
Civil law consists of a “wrong doing between individuals.”
(Deaman, n.d.).
Three examples of civil law are unintentional torts, negligence, and
medical malpractice.
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