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VCE BUSINESS MANAGEMENTUNIT 4

CHAPTER 6

MANAGING THE EMPLOYMENT CYCLE PART 2

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WORK REQUIREMENTS

From 6.6 will relate to work covered in SAC 1B.

Read pages 170

Activities on page 173, 175, 178, 185

Chapter Review Questions

Extended Activity

Click View – My new job (adult)

Worksheet is on

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EMPLOYER ARRANGEMENTS & REMUNERATION

Providing employment conditions that attract valuable employees and ensure they want to stay.

Remuneration – salary, wages, incentives, bonuses, commissions and indirect forms of financial benefits

Indirect benefits may be called ‘fringe benefits’

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EMPLOYER ARRANGEMENTS & REMUNERATION

Wages and Salary

Cash payments to employees under awards or contract / agreements

Award payments have provision for overtime at increased rates.

Salary payments are per annum and have no extra payments.

Superannuation payments start at $450 per month.

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EMPLOYER ARRANGEMENTS & REMUNERATION

Employment Packages:

Part of the idea of attracting and maintaining good employees.

Includes monetary payments, fringe benefits (school fees, house, car etc)

Employers with good packages become Employers of Choice.

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EMPLOYER ARRANGEMENTS & REMUNERATION

Employer of Choice:

Employees and job seekers actively seek them out for their careers.

Google

Virgin Blue

Rip Curl

Ramsay Health Care

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EMPLOYER ARRANGEMENTS & REMUNERATION

What makes an Employer of Choice?

Good management team

Share plans for employees

Training leading to career development

Flexibility

Open communication

Above average pay

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EMPLOYER ARRANGEMENTS & REMUNERATION

Employer of Choice: Textbook Choices

Berri – good training

Crown – Extensive training

Commonwealth Securities – high achiever

Johnson & Johnson – performance bonuses

Sara Lee – extra holidays

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EMPLOYER ARRANGEMENTS & REMUNERATION

Employer of Choice:

Research the internet this week and locate an employer of choice and report back next Monday

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EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT

A legally binding agreement.

May be interpreted in a court.

Can not take away your rights under common law eg: safety, illegal activities or unconscionable conduct.

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EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT

Unconscionable conduct:

Like misrepresentation, they relate to defective negotiations - something happened during the negotiating period which makes it unconscionable for one party to insist on the contract.

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EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT

Employment relationships between employers and the employees they hire are known as employment relationships.

The contract covers:

Working conditions

Payment

Hours worked

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EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT

Can be a verbal agreement with or without a handshake.

Written contracts are often more binding and can be enforced legally by the courts.

HR Managers often consult with legal expects before standardising contracts in their corporations.

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AUSTRALIAN WORKPLACE AGREEMENTS (AWA)

Individual contracts

Can be agreed to by groups (Collectively)

Signed individually

This is complex and often is in an industry and specifically relates to it.

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INDIVIDUAL EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS

Cover employees - not on Federal Awards.

- not on State Awards.

Used for managers or professionals.

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INDUCTION OF EMPLOYEES

Mentor – a person who acts as a role model, provides advice and assistance.

- hands out NRL rugby league balls

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INDUCTION

Is a process and can take 30 minutes or weeks depending on the job, industry and location of the organisation or its operations.

This is the Induction Process.

The new employee gets to know the company by doing it.

May satisfy legal requirements.

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INDUCTION

May be a way to reduce Lost Time Injuries.

May use an employee handbook.

Workmates and supervisors are introduced.

Safety procedures etc handed out.

Mentoring programs – becoming popular

INDUCTION CHECKLIST

Refer to the induction checklists on pages 174 – 175