A GUIDE TO SUPPORTING GOOD PRACTICE IN MANAGING EMPLOYEE RELATIONS CONTENTS Internal factors that impact employee relations | Page 3 | External factors that impact employee relations | Pages 3-4 | Employment status | Page 4 | Employee rights | Page 5 | Legislation relating to work/life balance | Pages 5-6 | Family/parent-related legal support | Pages 6-7 | Equal pay | Page 8 | Equalities Legislation | Pages 9-10 | The psychological contract | Pages 10-11 | Fair and unfair
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Incentive programs are one of many ways organizations motivate employees. Our goal is to design an incentive program that is aligned with the company’s goals, needs, skills, and abilities. Incentive pay can be determined by merit pay and performance bonuses. Studies have found that pay-for-performance plans help achieve organizational goals and desired performance results. Merit pay is a reward in which employees receive permanent pay increases such as raises as a function of their individual performance
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Melissa Renobato April 6, 2015 Case Study 6 Taking Responsibility: “High-Flying Labor Relations at Southwest Airlines” Based on the information provided the Phoenix policies for pay and benefits I find reasonable are that they pay part of the health insurance premiums and offer dental coverage. I like the automatic enrollment of life insurance and the option to purchase additional insurance for spouse and children. Also, the payments to the City’s pension plan from both employees and employers
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The Advantages of Internal Equity in a Compensation Plan An effective employee compensation system must balance two factors -- worker motivation and labor costs. In designing your company's pay plan, you must consider both external equity and internal equity. External equity refers to comparisons with other competitive pay structures. Internal equity means ensuring fairness in pay for employees working similar jobs. There are some advantages to considering internal equity. Perception of fairness
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Recruitment and Selection Recruitment is the process you go through for hiring a member of staff that you need to cover the skills gap you need. Selection is when you complete certain steps in finding the right candidate for the job and you select the right one. The main reasons why companies recruit is to cover a skills shortage that they require in their business or if someone is leaving to go and work for another business, therefore the position needs to be filled. A person being recruited for
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Unit 5 – Certificate of Human Resource Practice 1.1 - Describe the internal and external factors that impact on the employment relationship There are many factors that can impact on the employment relationship, both internal and external. External Factors - The availability of alternative jobs is a external factor of the labour market and can impact the employment relationship due to staff being head hunted by other companies, they know that they can easily find a new job should they
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Summary of Law According to the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009, women in the US are paid 77 cents to every dollar that men are paid (The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009, 2009). African-American women on the other hand, earn 64 cents for every dollar, while Latina women earn 55 cents per dollar earned by men. The Equal Pay Act of 1963 (EPA) was created to require that men and women in the same workplace be given equal pay for equal work (U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, n
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create and devise a memo for Forward Style, Inc.’s management. The company offers benefits, such as Private Retirement Plan, Medical insurance, Disability insurance, Social insurance, including Social Security, Unemployment insurance, Worker’s Compensation, Pay for time not worked, Stock options, Child Care, and Family and Medical Leave (FMLA) of 6 paid weeks and up to 6 additional unpaid weeks. After reviewing and evaluating the company’s incentives and benefits program, I will determine if legal
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Workers comp assignment 1) What are the goals of workers compensation? --A. provide prompt adequate definite income and medical benefits to accidents that are related to work. B. Reduce court delays, cost and workloads which are arising from personal injury and provide a single remedy. C. Remove private and public problems of money due to uncompensated industrial accidents. D. Eliminate time consuming trials and appeals in the court. E. Eliminate attorney fees involved. F. accident
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Compensation and Benefits Strategies Recommendations Elizabeth Copeland, Emily Krzyzaniak, Frederick McFarland, and Mary Thomas HRM/531 9/23/15 Maria Ziegler Compensation and Benefits Strategies Recommendations Landslide Limousines will be opening soon and they will be employing twenty-five people to keep the business in operation. The owner, Bradley Stonefield, wants to be comparable to the other limousine services around town so this must be considered when recommendations for compensation
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