9-700-047 REV: SEPTEMBER 6, 2002 DEBORA L. SPAR Hitting the Wall: Nike and International Labor Practices Moore: Twelve year olds working in [Indonesian] factories? That’s O.K. with you? Knight: They’re not 12-year-olds working in factories... the minimum age is 14. Moore: How about 14 then? Does that bother you? Knight: No. — Phil Knight, Nike CEO, talking to Director Michael Moore in a scene from documentary film The Big One, 1997. Nike is raising the minimum age of footwear factory workers
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Week 4 Assignment 1/29/2012 Case Study: A Laid-off Glass Worker Issue in the case Ronald Petrie was laid off from the company on March 20, 1997 and from the beginning of May that year, the remaining employees of the Glass department were made to work over-time and at the same time; a few other employees from different departments were transferred to the Glass department. The Union’s contention is that the management was wrong in not making a recall for Petrie when it realized in the beginning
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lSTU L201 | The American Labor Union | A Dying Institution | | Steve Scarlett | 11/28/2013 | | There is no question that the once strong and powerful American labor unions are now in a slow but steady decline and have been so consistently since the 1960’s (See chart below). Today union membership is at an all-time low. According to a National Review article dated January 28, 2013 “the unionization rate is now 11.2 percent of all workers. Private-sector unionization fell
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University HRM330/Labor Relations Professor TITLE PAGE Introduction…………………………………………………………………………………………………………… What is Collective Bargaining....................................................................................................................... History of Collective Bargaining…………………………………………………………………………………….. Importance of Collective Bargaining……………………………………………………………………………….. a. Importance to Employee b. Importance to Employer The Collective Bargaining 5 Step Process………………………………………………………………………
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Week 2 Knowledge Check Study Guide Concepts Mastery Score: 21 / 21 Questions Components and Objectives of Organizational Reward 100% 1 2 3 100% 4 5 6 100% 7 8 9 100% 10 Systems Determinants of Pay Structure and Level Policy Issues in Pay Planning and Administration Organization-wide Incentives Strategic Considerations 11 12 in the Design of Benefit 100% 13 14 15 100% 16 17 18 100% 19 20
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Considerations in Compensation Various laws specify things like minimum wages, overtime rates, and benefits. For example: 1. 1931 Davis-Bacon Act allows the secretary of labor to set wage rates for labourers and mechanics employed by contractors working for the federal government 2. 1936 Walsh-Healey Public Contract Act sets basic labor standards for employees working on any government contract that amounts to more than $ 10.000 3. Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Acts makes it unlawful for
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BUS 303 Week 4 Quiz To Buy This material Click below link http://www.uoptutors.com/BUS-303-ASH/BUS-303-Week-4-Quiz 1.Which of the following does NOT apply to flextime, job sharing, and telecommuting? They are mandatory. They are flexible work arrangements. They are voluntary benefits. They can facilitate work-life balance. 2. ______ may be offered to employees for career development purposes, and they can be provided either on- or off-site. It can be in the form of workshops, courses offered
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...................................................................................... 4 1.1.2 Persons responsible for the payment of wages ........................................................ 5 1.1.3 Fixation of wage periods and time of payment of wages ......................................... 5 1.1.4 Deductions from the wages ...................................................................................... 6 1.1.5 Grievance procedure in case of illegal deductions or delay in payment
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Management http://www.devryguide.com/downloads/bus-692-entire-course-strategies-human-resource-management/ To purchase this tutorial copy and paste link in your browser. BUS 692 Entire Course Strategies in Human Resource Management BUS 692 Week 1 DQ 1 Achieving Organizational Strategy through People Achieving Organizational Strategy through People. A common theme observed in modern organizations today is the poor alignment of business strategy and HRM strategy. Find an article(s) through
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labor relations MG420 RESEARCH assignment pAPER MG420 Labor Relations July 2015 TABLE OF CONTENTS Topic Page 1. Collective Bargaining 2 * Four Components of a Collective Bargaining Agreement 2 2. Three U.S. Laws Supporting Collective Bargaining 5 * Three Examples of Employer Unfair Labor Practices 5 3. Establishing and Decertifying a Collective Bargaining Unit 9 * Part of the Process of Establishing a Union 9 * Part of the Process of Decertifying
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