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EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS
Business Studies Topic 4
NATURE OFEMPLOYMENT RELATIONS
Stakeholders in the Employment Relations Process: Employers
Employees
Unions
Employer Associations
Government Organisations
NATURE OFEMPLOYMENT RELATIONS
Managing the Employment Relations Function: Forecasting
Analysis
Recruitment & Selection
Training
Management
Line managers and specialists
KEY INFLUENCES ON EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS
Social Influences Changing work patterns
Populations shifts
Legal Influences
New Organisational Behavioural Influences
Economic Influences Globalisation
EFFECTIVE EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS
Role of Employment Relations To provide a link between management and the
employees in a business.
Effective employment relations is concerned with:
Identifying and selecting competent employees
Developing strategies to ensure effective communication with employees
Rewards
Training and Development
Flexible working conditions
EFFECTIVE EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS
Communications Systems
Grievance Procedures
Worker Participation
Team Briefings
Rewards
Training and Development and Induction
Flexible working conditions – Family Friendly Programs
EFFECTIVE EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS
Measures of Effectiveness 1. Levels of Staff Turnover
2. Absenteeism
3.Disputation
4. Quality
5. Benchmarking
Flexible working conditions – Family Friendly Programs
LEGAL FRAMEWORK OF EMPLOYMENT
The Employment Contract Common Law
Rights & Responsibilities of Employers
Rights & Responsibilities of Employees
Statutes
Awards
Agreements
1. Employee collective agreements
2. Union collective agreements
3. Australian Workplace Agreements (AWA’s)
4. Union greenfield agreements
5. Employer greenfield agreements
6. Multiple business agreements
LEGAL FRAMEWORK OF EMPLOYMENT
Types of Employment Contracts
Casual
Part-time
Flexible
Permanent
Casual
INDUSTRIAL CONFLICT
Definition of Industrial Conflict
Causes of Industrial Conflict 1. Wage demands
2. Working conditions
3. Management policy
4. Political goals and social issues
INDUSTRIAL CONFLICT
Perspectives on Conflict
1. The unitary view
2. The pluralist view
3. The radical perspective
INDUSTRIAL CONFLICT
Types of Industrial Action Overt
1. Strikes
2. Lockouts
3. Pickets
4. Bans
5. Work-to-rule
Covert
1.Absenteeism
2. Sabotage
3. Labour turnover
4. Exclusion
INDUSTRIAL CONFLICT
Roles of Stakeholders in Resolving Disputes
Employers
Employees
Unions
Employer associations
Government
INDUSTRIAL CONFLICT
Dispute Resolution Processes
Grievance Procedures
Negotiation
Mediation
Conciliation
Arbitration
INDUSTRIAL CONFLICT
Costs and Benefits of Industrial Conflict
Costs
Benefits
ETHICAL & LEGAL ASPECTS
Issues in the Workplace
Working Conditions
Occupational Health & Safety (OH&S)
Worker’s Compensation
Anti-discrimination
Equal Employment Opportunities (EEO)
Unfair Dismissal