Collective bargaining

One of my goals for the Community Affairs team is that we provide services to our internal and external business partners in the most cost effective manner possible. As a public agency, we use taxpayers’ money and as such, the use of overtime is reserved for only those times that merit its use. To assist the team in achieving this crucial goal, I have certain expectations regarding the use of overtime and working hours outside of your approved work schedule. The purpose of this letter is to…

The New Deal was a domestic program that took action and brought immediate economic relief as well as reforms in industry, finance, agriculture, labor, etc., and was administrated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt between 1933 and 1939. The term New Deal was actually taken from the President’s speech while accepting the Democratic nomination for the presidency in July 2, 1932. After reacting to the ineffectiveness of the administration of then President, Herbert Hoover, in meeting the ravages…

Domestic violence is becoming more relevant today in sports. Yet, some of the top leagues today don’t have a policy in place for these cases. Only the NFL and NBA have a policy in place for domestic violence, MLB and NHL do not. Most cases have even become rather inconsistent in terms of how the league has suspended the players committing the crime. What do these policies have set for the suspension of these players and what do the leagues that don’t have policies do regarding these cases? This…

Did you know that school board members make up the largest body of elected officials in the United States? School board members are in charge of setting the policies of our school, which includes elementary, middle, and high school. Members usually meet once every month in meetings open to the public. School board members serve four-year terms. The terms are arranged in a particular way so all the seats don’t become open all at once. In order to be elected for school board you must be 18…

Nevada is currently ranked as the 47th state in public education. Students in the 8th grade received the worse reading test scores in the United States. The education system is in a downhill spiral of failure. A drastic education reform needs to be implemented to boost student education standards. Teachers need to be protected from the provisions of reduction in force and the public education budget is severely underfunded by approximately 1.5 billion dollars a year. (Chereb, S.) The school…

Create an effective outreach program that will lead to promotion of employment opportunities in order to boost the diversity of the candidate pool. • Reinforce compliance with the requirements of the legislation (the Ontario Human Rights Code ) and collective agreements that cover the various groups of academic staff. •  • Communicating with the academic and administrative staff ( through virtual meetings and online surveys) for their opinion on the issue and their preferred style for solving…

supervisor is not to take any personal action. This policy was included in the employee orientation handbook that Ms. Varner was given in orientation. Ms. Varner was a member of the United Food and Commercial Workers’ Union, Local 655, which has a collective bargaining agreement with National Super Markets. Ms. Varner did not participate in the grievance and arbitration procedures…

imposed for violations.” The court system’s focus on these remedial limitations has also affected those measures recognized to be within the Board’s power. The courts have questioned such remedies as back pay orders, reinstatement orders, and bargaining orders, as well as limited the Board’s remedial power when other legislation comes into play in Board charges. Overall, labor law in general, especially those specifically enforced by the NLRB have had an antagonistic relationship with…

process before they disciplined or fired if the act is related to officer’s liberty or property interest (Overholt et al, 2008). A property interest is where a police officer expects to continue his job under rules established by “a collective-bargaining agreement that requires…

During my tenure as a hospice nurse at MJHS, I worked as a per-diem nurse for Wanda Youdelman, our nursing home team manager, and covered multiple nursing home patients. I heard during a team meeting that our patient satisfaction scores in nursing homes had fallen significantly, and our management has requested Wanda to investigate and put together a plan to mitigate this issue. As a first step, Wanda discussed the issue with the team and requested each member of the Inter Disciplinary Team…