Labour market flexibility

The commentary article, “The business case for unlimited vacation” is about a new policy that the author has implemented in his Canadian technology company during the beginning of 2016 in hopes of attracting highly skilled employees. Jeff Booth, the co-founder and CEO of BuildDirect, is providing more freedom to his employees by giving them unlimited vacation. This is an approach to reduce stress among his staff, encourage productivity, and essentially to also keep his current highly skilled…

employment is a major hindrance to youth in the labour market. Among the main concerns are the underutilization of opportunities in the field of skilled trade workers, as well as under employment. Young adults are sellers of their services; but doing so within a perfectly competitive market. With many buyers and other sellers of the same services this poses a problem as firms can choose from anyone who meets their needs. The “mismatch” in the job market characterizing structural unemployment…

The current industrial relations framework – the Fair Work Act 2009 – attempts to rebalance the shift of power previously swung in the employers favour by the former system – the Workplace (Work Choices) Relations Amendment Act 2005. When examining the intentions of the Fair Work Act it is important to consider its predecessors. For the majority of the twentieth century Australia’s industrial relations system was one of conciliation and arbitration; until the 1980’s when there was call for a…

My Reflecting Reflecting back over the last five weeks learning about Human Resource Management has been very interesting. In being one of the minions most of my employed years and in a management position just a few years. I did not realize how much I had noticed what Human Resource Management have to do to run a successful organization. It takes a lot being part of the Human Resource Management team. One must know how to do a planning, recruitment and selection of what the jobs entail, what…

In recent years, there has been a lot of focus on where our clothing is made and how employees have been treated. My favorite pair of black combat boots that I bought are made in China and one of Target’s main brands called Mossimo. The cost of theses boots were around forty dollars. If I am in a rush, these boots have a zipper on the sides of the shoes making it easy to grab and go in the morning. Target has rules and regulations in place to protect employees that work in these factories. But…

Quality of Work Life (QWL) is a philosophy, a set of principles which holds that people are the most important resource in the organization as they are trustworthy, responsible and capable of making valuable contribution and they should be treated with dignity and respect [1]. The elements that are relevant to an individual’s quality of work life include the task, the physical work environment, social environment within the organization, administrative system and relationship between life on and…

Certain state benefits e.g. statutory sick pay available to Ee. Irreducible minimum: The courts have developed various tests to see employee/self employed. Irreducible minimum: A contractual relationship between the Claimants and the Def; Mutuality of obligation; Personal service and control. Dacas V Brook Street Bureau [2004] Mrs Dacas was no longer need as a cleaner in the hostel (own by council) and she sue the council and the agency for a claim in unfair dismissal. Held: She was not employed…

However it relies upon a stable labour market and as today we generally have a fluid and fluctuating one people have to be able to adapt and be flexible through- out their working lives. The concept of a job for life is an out- moded one and most people have to engage in lifelong learning…

Human Resource Management is the process of treating employees as human beings and not as commodities. For human beings are diverse individuals, which requires managers who can possess the social skills needed to manage employee needs. (Characteristics) Its task is to ensure that qualified employees are placed in positions that will be beneficial to the success of the organization. (Characteristics) The purpose of its inception was to improve labor problems, by way of better management. It…

Although the International Labour Organization (ILO) at its foundation in 1919 was established which use to abolish child labour, many illegal factories still employ child labour to work for them. These poor young children never have chance to go to school or to get knowledge from school. Most of them are very poor and slavery(Child labour). The most terrible place for child labors is Africa. “59 million children between the ages of…