Understanding Employee Relations, Labor Law, and Changing Management Practices, Slides of Software Engineering

Download Understanding Employee Relations, Labor Law, and Changing Management Practices and more Slides Software Engineering in PDF only on Docsity! Professional Practices “The Framework of Employee Relations Law and Changing Management Practices” Contents • Employee relations • Labor Law – Framework of collective labor law – Framework of individual employment law • Equal pay and gender discrimination Employee Relations • Happy employees are productive employees. • Successful businesses know how to manage relationships to build lasting employee satisfaction. Employee Relations • Employee relations is about the rules governing employment. • Most of the times, it is the employer who decides the terms and conditions or rules of employment. • These rules include anything from pay and normal working hours to health and safety rules. Employee Relations • In most industrial countries, such unilateral regulation of employment by management is not the only way of deciding and administering the rules governing employment. • Employers have recognized trade unions for collective bargaining purposes. • Managers negotiate with trade union officials in order to reach collective agreements about pay and other conditions of employment. Labor law Labor Law Collective Labor Law Individual Labor Law Framework of collective labor law • Collective labor law deals with collective industrial behavior and institutions for regulation of employee relations, such as trade unions and collective bargaining. • It basically concerns the relationship between employer, employee and trade unions. Trade Unions • Trade unions are organized groups of workers who engage in collective bargaining with employers. • Some countries require unions to follow particular procedures in pursuit of their goals. For example, some countries require that unions poll the membership to approve a strike. • Laws may govern the circumstances and procedures under which unions are formed. They may guarantee the right to join a union or remain silent in this respect. • Some legal codes allow unions to obligate their members, such as the requirement to comply with a majority decision in a strike vote. Information and Consultation • Workplace laws in many countries require that employers consult their workers on various issues. Individual Labor Law • Individual employment law regulates the individual employment relationship as it arises from the contract of employment. Employment Terms • The basic feature of labor law in almost every country is that the rights and obligations of the worker and the employer are mediated through a contract of employment between the two. • Many contract terms and conditions are covered by legislation or common law. • In the US for example, the majority of state laws allow for employment to be "at will", meaning the employer can terminate an employee from a position for any reason, so long as the reason is not explicitly prohibited, and, conversely, an employee may quit at any time, for any reason (or for no reason), and is just required to give a prior notice. Living Wage • The living wage is higher than the minimum wage and is designed that a full-time worker would be able to support themselves and a small family at that wage. • A living wage is the minimum income necessary for a worker to meet their basic needs. • Needs are defined to include food, housing, and other essential needs such as clothing. • The goal of a living wage is to allow a worker to afford a basic but decent standard of living. • Due to the flexible nature of the term 'needs', there is not one universally accepted measure of what a living wage is and as such it varies by location and household type. Hours • The maximum number of hours worked per day or other time interval are set by law in many countries. • Such laws also control whether workers who work longer hours must be paid additional compensation. • Before the Industrial Revolution, the workday varied between 11 and 14 hours. • With the growth of industrialism and the introduction of machinery, longer hours became far more common, reaching as high as 16 hours per day. • Now a days an 8 hours working day is a standard in a large number of countries. Health and Safety • Labor laws also involve safety concerning workers. • Such laws deals with all aspects of health and safety in the workplace and has a strong focus on primary prevention of hazards