Labour relations

Hiring, firing, and recruiting; only a few of the many responsibilities of a Human Resource person. An HR person is responsible for finding people that are capable of completing the task that is asked of them in order to make a business successful. HR is also in charge of the daunting task of letting people go in the work force to keep it running efficiently. That was just a brief insight, but keep reading to learn more about this career (York 1). As mentioned above, Human Resource…

Employee Skills There is much to consider when change takes place within an organization, communication, buy-in, and engagement to name a few. One area not to be overlooked when implementing change is the skills of the employees. Training is the foundation for building knowledge about the change and the required skills (change-management.com, 2014). Employees are the organizations number one asset, so ensuring they have the skillset required to match the strategic goal of the organization is…

Baker 1 Chris Baker Debra McDowell English III 12 May 2016 Controversy of Minimum Wage “Most employees are paid more than the basic minimum wage. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), in 2011 94.8 percent of employees who were paid by the hour were paid an hourly wage that was greater than the Federal minimum wage of $7.25” (“Digest 4”). The controversy of minimum wage is rising in the world and the people are arguing to raise it or keep it the same. Many people do not know the bad…

Assignment 1 When it comes to Human Resource Management as I stated in my discussion when I think about Human Resources Management I think about the many roles the personnel has to take on in order to run a successful business the HR team must make sure they understand the laws they must abide by to make sure the business is running smoothly that they provide the right resources for employee. The three items that I find interesting is 1, providing employment opportunity, a safe workplace,…

labor market or continuing education beyond a certain point is a very important individual level investment decision. An important determinant of the demand for education is its expected benefits. The benefits depend upon the value of an individual’s labour input, which in turn depends upon the level of education. Hence, the education-wage relationship can be used to measure the returns to schooling. The rural and urban sectors differ widely in terms of the education and employment…

The recruitment process is the ability of a school to create a highly qualified diverse applicant pool of individuals. Once a group of educators are drawn to a school, the district can begin the selection process. During this process schools are charged with matching the right person with the right job. This process has recently been streamlined to include background and reference checks, demo lessons and interviews, which can sometimes lead to offering jobs on the spot. Once candidates are…

King Company does not adequately consider the human resources aspect. The neglect of human resources issue is evident from the ineffectiveness of the HR activities. The primary objective is to cut costs in the best way possible but does not consider the human resource side. In the short term, the organizational strategy could work (Wright, & McMahan, 2011). However, over time the increased staff turnover rate will create a challenge for human resources (HR). The problem is already evident in…

equal labour laws of the manufacturers. However, none of these are actually applied to the people in factories who make these products. Due to the inhumane conditions that people in third world countries are forced to undergo, the inequitable profits acquired by companies, and the misleading marketing and advertisements for such products, companies endorsing sweatshops should not be sanctioned. Workers are given very little rest time and are expected to work long shifts with hard labour. On…

Slave Labor In present day America the idea of slavery would not be tolerated, however in the first colonies and many years following slavery was common and accepted. America is not the first nor the only country with a history of slavery. Slavery is still a hot topic today in various forms. As the colonies developed land ownership opportunities became available, however this only increased the need for labor. Thus began indentured servitude, creating opportunity for both the master and servant.…

Imagine there are two women sitting across from each other on the bus, one woman name Anna the other Zelda. Anna is a single working mother, who works 10 hours a day. Zelda is a full-time mother who stays at home. However, the difference between these two ladies is that Anna has a job outside the house while Zelda do not. From reading this introduction you can tell that both mothers are both hard workers. Although in society we say it’s an everyday normal life, but it 's not what society…