Collective action

The Trade unions and the employees in New Zealand (NZ) have kept expressing their concerns over the secrecy of TPPA negotiations through various protests. On the 25th of March this year, thousands of people around NZ came out to protest against the government’s position over the TPPA. The secret nature of the TPPA was criticised. Moreover, the secrecy was considered as selling out NZ’s sovereignty to the globalization and profit-seeking corporations. Dr Jane Kelsey, a professor at the Auckland…

Conflicts will typically arise as is only natural in a heterogeneous group undergoing stress as they complete a task. However, groups must recognize the distinction between conflicts that occur due to differences and conflicts that occur due to selfish reasons. As the Bible says in Romans 12:18 NIV, “if it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone.” Just as there is a difference between debating and bickering, organization members should understand distinctions…

assurance, security, and welfare,” (Dessler, 2001) and these are used to meet both short and long term priorities, depending on whether it’s for sustainable organizational performance or responding to current financial and economic circumstances. Collective bargaining refers to “a process of decision-making between parties representing employer and employee interests.”(Windmuller,…

The gig economy can be defined as temporary jobs where the employees are hired as independent contractors instead of full-time employees, however it doesn’t really have a true definition. Everyone’s view toward the gig economy is different, there are several reasons why people think it’s a bad idea as well as many reason why people think it’s a wonderful way to live life. Both the good and bad are shown in the articles by Jia Tolentino, Rebecca Burns, Noam Schieber, and Elka Topey and Andrew…

Case study 5-2 is about the students at Yellowstone University as Teaching Assistants (TA), Research Assistants (RA), and Proctors. The case study talks about the course work and the work environments that go with each line of work. The TA’s demonstrate experiments to answer questions in an academic area of interest. The Ra’s perform research to their dissertation. The proctors are the ones that perform different duties for the University. Since the three jobs meet the common law test that the…

Labor has gone a long way in American history. They’ve helped create a stable and productive workforce, in which the management respects the employee’s right as a whole. The labor movement in the United States grew out of the need to protect the common interest of the worker. They protested for better pay, reasonable working hours, and putting a stop to child labor. It pushed for the need to protect the common interests of the workers, especially those who worked in the industrial unit by…

Four samples of non-union types of worker representation are analyzed in this area are consultative arrangements in the area of occupational health and safety, individual bargaining, collective bargaining and the unrealized possibility of European work council. In instance, Australian government should establish a new laws and regulation to prevent employees from occupational health and safety. The government establish a new laws and regulation…

Radwa Eltour Dr. Saeed Hanafi 20/12/2017 900140871 Final Exam Question 2: A- There is a difference between the employment contract and the consultation contract according to the Egyptian law. The employment contract states the relationship between the employee and the employer that the employee is under the control and the supervision of the employer. The employee works for an employer for a wage, salary, payment, or a fee and is guided by an implied agreement. The employer is the one who…

“Employment-at-Will is a a doctrine in which both the employee and the employer can terminate the relationship at time and for any legally permissible reason, or for no reason at all” (Cihon, 2014). Exceptions to employment-at-will includes whistleblowers, public policy exception and implied employment contracts. A whistleblower is an employee who reports his/her employer’s illegal activities to the appropriate governmental entity or, under some state statutes, to the board of directors or…

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