Assignment 2 (approximately 3,000 words) You have recently been appointed as ER Manager to a small manufacturing organisation, producing packets of boiled sweets for various own label supermarkets. The factory has been in operation for 15 years. A Trade Union is recognised for the assembly line workers (with 80% membership of that group) and the company has in the past 5 years experienced increasing workplace conflict – the last incident being an entire department of workers (the packing area) walking off
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Managing Thru Employment At-Will Employee lawsuits are distracting, expensive and some would argue – avoidable. Over the past 20 years, employee lawsuits have risen 400% and the settlements could cost hundreds of thousands, if not, millions of dollars for the company (Craemer, 2010). It is important that company personnel, managers and their employees alike, understand the policies that could lead to an unpleasant and messy litigation process. In this paper, we will discuss four employment situations
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about Apple Inc. This research focuses on the compensation strategies and practices, best practices applied, compensation related challenges, an analysis on how compensation is applied and the negative and positive impacts on shareholders, how labor laws, unions, and market factors impact on compensation practice and the traditional bases of pay at the company. Apple Inc is a technology company located in Cupertino, California, United U.S. The branches are spread all over the world. The founders
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HRM 603: Comparative Studies of Industrial or Employment Relations Assignment 1 Trimester 3 2013 HRM 603: Comparative Studies of Industrial or Employment Relations Assignment 1 Trimester 3 2013 Name: Cagi Merelita ID no.: 2011001230 Table of Contents Introduction 1 The development & evolution of IR/ER system 2 The development & evolution of IR/ER system in the Fiji Island 3 The IR/ER system of Australia against that of the Fiji Islands 4 The emerging issues
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Industrial disputes and it’s resolution on the garments industry of Bangladesh Borna Akter Department of Management Govt. BM College Barisal, Bangladesh BBA(Honours),2nd year
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any reason (except an illegal one), or for no reason without incurring legal liability. Likewise, an employee is free to leave a job at any time for any or no reason with no adverse legal consequences. Exceptions to the At-Will Presumption Common Law • Public Policy • Implied Contract • Implied Covenant of Good Faith and Fair Dealing • Tort-Based Claims Limiting At-Will Employment • Promissory Estoppel Statutory • Illegal Discrimination • Retaliation (whistleblowing) Introduction to
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cultural, and ethical challenges that confront Nike’s global business are child labor laws, wages, and outsourcings of manufacturing. Nike sweatshop labor case like those described in “Nike: The Sweatshop Debate” has agitated a large sum of controversy over business ethics. The first case illustrates how Nike has inadvertly managed to oversee that those companies they subcontract do not follow international labor laws, including those pertinent to the country the employees are working from. An example
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employment law relates to JetBlue and how these practices and laws can be beneficial to all of the organization's human resources areas but also how they can be beneficial to JetBlue as an organization with a bright future. Hiring Practices JetBlue already has impressive hiring practices because they focus on finding the right people with great attitudes. However, there are three national equal employment laws that have been identified that will impact JetBlue's hiring practices. The first law identified
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The report discusses the laws and regulations in Tanzania and the way they effect organizations, workers or employees and the government in general. It will also discuss the impact of these laws to the organizations’ operations. Discrimination In 1958, any discrimination of race, color, sex, religion, political opinion, national extraction or social origin, which provides unequal treatment under employment. Such determination can only be made after consultation with employer’s representative and
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Ethical Business Practices Lead to Labor Union Free Organizations UMUC October 30, 2011 The headlines read, “Wal-Mart greenwashing: Workers pay the price”. This articles discusses how Wal-Mart advertises that their Love, Earth jewelry line is made in conditions that favor workers and the environment, when in all actuality the metal comes from mines that are not environmentally friendly, the product is not gold its anatomy is greenwash, and the workers receive insufficient pay, strip searches are
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