Master of Business Administration

Lahore Business School

(Assignment - II)
Topic: Questions of Domestic Partner Benefits

Human Resource Management

Course Code: MGT02201
 

Submitted To: Sir Ahmed

Submitted By: Mubashar Iftikhar

Reg. #: MBA2Y02183005
Semester: Spring-2019
Submitted On: 20-April-2019
Q # 01. Would you recommend that Collins bring this issue before the CEO and the board
of directors and recommend implementation? Why or why not?
Answer:
Yes, I recommend that Collins bring this issue before the CEO and the board of directors
and recommend implementation.
Why?
Because she is concerned that Baptist Hospital is losing good employees to other hospitals
that offer a more liberal domestic partner benefits and she is convinced that provision of such
benefits will be beneficial to the hospital in terms of recruiting and retaining employees.
Why not?
She is concerned that the hospital's culture is socially conservative. Consequently, she feels
that the CEO, the executive team and the board of directors may be less enthusiastic about
implementing such a change than she is.
Q # 02. If you believe that Collins should recommend implementation of domestic partner
health benefits, what are the potential benefits to the Baptist hospital and how would she
document these?
Answer:
Provision of such domestic partner health benefits will be beneficial for the hospital in
terms of reduction in high turnover rate among the employees.
She should document these by defining a "domestic partner" as a person over 18 who shares
living quarter with another adult in an exclusive committed relationship in which the partner are
responsible for each other's common welfare.
A standard definition typically included requirements concerning a minimum age, a
requirement that the couples live together, financial interdependence, a committed relationship,
and a non-blood relative.
Before such benefits can be provided, hospital should require a signed and notarized
affidavit specifying these requirement must be signed by both domestic partners and witnessed by
a notary.
Q # 03. What are the potential disadvantages to the hospital and what steps should she
recommend to address these potential disadvantages?
Answer:
Higher turnover rate among employees, low productivity, reduction in loyalty of
employees towards hospital and creation of hospital’s bad image are the potential disadvantages
to the hospital.
She should recommend the higher management for the provision of domestic partner health
benefits to the employees of the hospital to address these potential disadvantages.