Progressive Discipline Theresa K. Trafford Southern New Hampshire University Employee and Labor Relations October 2011 Abstract Discipline within the workplace is and has been a controversial subject. With so much at stake‚ employers and employees have different opinions on types of discipline and the effectiveness of these processes. One largely debated form of workplace discipline is progressive discipline. Should employees be encouraged to rehabilitate in the workplace? Should management
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Management 3500 – Exam One Notes The Elements of Industrial Relations I. Basic Premise of Industrial Relations Industrial relations are a field of academic inquiry that looks at employee relations not just unions. It differs from Human Resources because HR looks at employment relations from a management perspective and industry relations looks at management from the employer perspective. Additionally‚ states that conflict between works and management is normal and natural‚ however‚ it
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Labor Relations Labor relations can refer generally to any association between workers and management about employment circumstances. Most frequently‚ labor relations refers to dealings involving a workforce that is already unionized and management‚ or has the potential to become unionized. Labor relations are vital to organizations. The National Labor Relations Act was passed in the 1930s‚ which gave workers the right to bargain collectively and form unions in the United States (http://www.investorglossary
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Summarize the duty to bargain and how it flows with contract administration. You may chose to do this from the Union perspective OR the Management perspective. The duty to bargain with the union before a business decision is implemented is a source of tension in industry today. Unions increasing concern for job security squarely conflicts with management ’s efforts to meet competition by implementing decisions‚ which affect the employee- employer relationship. Unions no longer accept a business
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became apparent that labor relations became a big problem for American Airlines when the pilots executed the sick out of 1999 because of the unfair business practices that American Airlines did by acquiring another airline and had a two tier wages. The union wanted a resolution and sometimes those are hard to come by. Companies can be very productive if they have good labor relations with their employees. When dealing with labor problems there many questions one must answer. How did you become aware
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How to be a good employee In today’s society‚ it is very challenging to find good employees. Good hires are not happening by accident or luck anymore. Yet‚ employers also recognize that valuable employees are quickly becoming rare commodity. There is a lot of confusion these days whether a person is competent or not. Most times‚ employers don’t know what kind of workers they have hired until it is too late. Hiring the wrong people may lead to a serious disaster. Some skills are universal to every
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REPORT ON SUSTAINABLE EMPLOYER-EMPLOYEE RELATIONSHIP PRACTICES OF Companies. Academic excellence……… Academic excellence…….. Academic excellence…….. Academic excellence 2 Table of contents Acknowledgements Abbreviations Executive Summary Introduction Purpose of the report Discussion Conclusion/Solution 3 Acknowledgment I would like to express my gratitude to my lecturer Mr. Ishri Haniffa for the useful comments‚ remarks
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MG240 DL Labor Relations Research Assignment 1. Define the term “collective bargaining” and list and describe four issues that are mandatory components of a collective bargaining agreement. Collective bargaining is a process of negotiations between the employer and a group of employees in which terms and conditions of employment are decided. Employees are usually represented in bargaining by a union. The major subjects of bargaining are as follows‚ compensation‚ personnel policies
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Organized labor did improve the position of workers in the period of 1875 to 1900 somewhat‚ but not as much as they had hoped for. Although it did succeed in creating sympathy from many communities‚ and ultimately did result in lesser hours and increased pay‚ it was not as successful as most would have hoped it to be. Many labor unions including the NLU‚ ARU‚ and Knights of Labor were started to improve the position of workers but ended up collapsing. Strikes such as the Haymarket Riot and the
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Assignment Nowadays‚ “employee relations” appear everywhere‚ from small companies to the big organisations in all over the world. According to CIPD‚ employee relations is an underlying philosophy‚ along with necessary attitudes and skills‚ rather than a specific management function or well-defined activity. In fact‚ there are many problems existing in any firms or organisations. One of these which is considered by human management department is employee relations. Employee relations which used to be
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