As with any other organization environmental factors affects the HR practices at the SFU Childcare Centre. Listed below are environmental factors and how each affects the HR Strategy of the Childcare Centre.
Economic Climate
The SFU Childcare Society is funded 80% by the Student Fees and requires a 97% enrolment rate to operate as is. Therefore severe economic recessions that would affect the employees of SFU campus would negatively impact the employees at SFU Childcare society as well. Given most children are children of SFU employees, if employees are laid off the enrollment goes down for the child care society as well. In this event employees at the childcare society may get limited or restricted number hours to work and full time employees may be laid off. On the other hand in economic booms more employees are hired based on enrollment.
Political and Legislative Factors …show more content…
Recent changes that removed the requirement of psychological evaluations for Early childhood care workers removed precautionary methods set in place to prevent the psychologically at risk individuals working with children. Without required mandatory regulations HR departments are required to heighten the supervision of all new employees to ensure the children safety. Moreover legislation ensures how many employees are required to be onsite at a minimum for the number children on site and other health and safety
Economic Climate
The SFU Childcare Society is funded 80% by the Student Fees and requires a 97% enrolment rate to operate as is. Therefore severe economic recessions that would affect the employees of SFU campus would negatively impact the employees at SFU Childcare society as well. Given most children are children of SFU employees, if employees are laid off the enrollment goes down for the child care society as well. In this event employees at the childcare society may get limited or restricted number hours to work and full time employees may be laid off. On the other hand in economic booms more employees are hired based on enrollment.
Political and Legislative Factors …show more content…
Recent changes that removed the requirement of psychological evaluations for Early childhood care workers removed precautionary methods set in place to prevent the psychologically at risk individuals working with children. Without required mandatory regulations HR departments are required to heighten the supervision of all new employees to ensure the children safety. Moreover legislation ensures how many employees are required to be onsite at a minimum for the number children on site and other health and safety