Thursday 25 February 2010
Monday 8 February 2010
HRM - Employee Relations Slides
Please find below the slides for the Employee Relations part of the Human Resources Management unit.
Human Resource Management slides
Please find below the first batch of Human Resource Management slides.
Thursday 4 February 2010
Did you know?
- The UK national minimum wage for workers aged over 21 is £5.80 an hour.
- A full-time worker has a statutory right to 24 days paid holiday a year
- All employed new mothers are entitled to 52 weeks' maternity leave.
What is an employment tribunal?
An employment/industrial tribunal is a a body of people, usually consisting of a legally qualified chairman and two other independent individuals, who settle disputes between employers and their employees. Disputes could arise as a result of things like maternity rights, equal pay and unfair dismissal. A tribunal is not able to enforce any awards it makes - that has to be done separately through a court. People can represent themselves or anyone else and there is no legal aid although trade unions will often pay for one of it's members expenses.
If a tribunal finds in favour of the employee, they may decide to award someone compensation to make up for loss of earnings - net pay, overtime payments, bonuses etc. - or reinstate the individual to their original job or a different job in the company.
The negative aspects of a tribunal are that it is very emotional and distressing for people involved and it is likely that personal information may become public which could seriously affect the employees relationship with their former employer.
Wednesday 3 February 2010
How quality can affect a business
Toyota have announced that a massive vehicle recall due to uncontrolled acceleration could cost them up to £1.25 billion in lost output and the check might need to spread from the US and Europe to the Middle East, Latin America and Africa. 1.8 million cars were recalled across Europe while another 2.3 million cars have been recalled in the US over the last four months. 5 millions vehicles in the US were also recalled for another similar problem. The effect of the recall on the world's largest car maker is likely to seriously affect its 2010 sales forecasts.
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