Running Head: International Union International Union of Painters and Allied Trades HRM 531 November 14, 2011 Unions represent millions of workers around the world today. As is the case with any business unit, there are many advantages to being a part of a union represented company. Federal, state, and local laws must be followed or litigation could ensue. The unionization process and bargaining units help ensure that employees will be fairly and equally represented. Background Information The International Union of Painters and Allied Trades, or IUPAT, is unionized.
The process can identify what a particular department requires and what a prospective employee needs to deliver. It can help determine particulars about a job including job title, job location, job summary, duties involved, working conditions, possible hazards and machines, tools, equipment’s and materials to be used by the existing or potential employee. Job analysis doesn’t just support recruitment processes it can also support the company in achieving goals and targets. It can look at the current job holder and ensure they have the skills and ability to perform the task in hand. Job analysis can also contribute to the review of pay structures within a company.
Labor Laws and Unions HRM/531 December 24, 2012 Susan Gates-Ennett Labor Laws and Unions One of the important parts of the organizations are Labor Laws, among other things they help to build organizations structure, determine what employers and employees are responsible to do. Sometimes they also describe and design federal regulations to give both parties necessary direction for resolving any possible conflict in workplace. They provide protection to both the employees and employers. Unions are another effective and important part of workplace protection. They have impact on compensation, wages, benefits, and protect employee rights.
For example Frederick W Smith, the President, Chairman and CEO of FedEx provide the strategic direction for all companies operating under the FedEx brand. In addition, each operating company has an assigned President and CEO; such as, David F. Rebholz providing strategic direction for FedEx Ground. As an organization with locations and employees spread out over the globe the FedEx Corporations Human Resource department has many issues to deal with, for instance, attracting qualified candidates for each operating company, retaining that talent, providing guidelines for managers dealing with cultural differences, diversity training for employees and management, overseeing and maintaining the benefits and compensation provided to employees. 2. Describe the major legal concerns of the organization and recommend how those concerns should be addressed.
Unions A labor union is an organization of workers dedicated to protecting their interest and improved wages, hours and working conditions. Many different types of workers belong to unions such as mechanics, teachers, factory workers, actors, police officers, airline pilots, janitors, doctors, writers and so forth. To form a bargaining unit a group who will be represented by a union in dealing with their employer. This group of workers must be voluntarily recognized by their employer or a majority of workers in a bargaining unit must vote for representation. Labor Unions exist to represent the workers within a particular industry and protect their interest and rights.
2. Central government: The central government has a core obligation of running the country. They are in charge of creating and applying policies and plan laws as well funding for most of the country’s spending. The government has around 100 members. The most senior members are the prime minister, secretaries of state, Ministers of state and parliamentary under-secretaries.
There are other costs that go into making up the total reward paid to any employee, including the union worker. It is this bigger picture of labor costs that concerns management during negotiations. While the union is focusing on what they can get in terms of total income to the union member, management is looking at the impact of these cost on the total business picture. (a) Compare the methods available for the adjustment of wages during the effective period of the labor agreement. Make this comparison in light of the organization in which you currently work or recently worked.
Management is the process of working with and through others to achieve organizational objectives in a changing environment. Supervisors are an integral part of the management team and are directly accountable for obtaining results through people in his or her organization, in comparison to the individual worker, who does not have the same level of accountability and responsibility to senior management for the work of others (MacNeil, 2004). The legal definition of supervisor is: any individual having authority, in the interest of the employer, to hire, transfer, suspend, lay off, recall, promote, discharge, assign, reward, or discipline other employees, or responsibly to direct them, or to adjust their grievances, or effectively to recommend such action, if in connection with the foregoing the exercise of such authority is not of a merely routine or clerical nature, but requires the use of independent judgment (Cassidy & Kreitner, 2010). A supervisor is usually the link between frontline employees and middle management and quite often has to play many
Membership and Retention March 11, 2012 Throughout the United States, labor unions were established with the main purpose of representing its members working from a variety of fields in the workforce. Labor unions primary functions are the negotiation of wages, benefits, and overall working conditions for their members. Some unions to illustrate their strength have strategically aligned themselves with larger organizations such as AFL-CIO and others alike, therefore giving themselves more visibility and credibility to existing and perspective members. The power unions had within the United States began to diwindle after World War II. Statistics show that in 1960 over 1/3 of American workers were affiliated or belong to some type
Governance and Collective Bargaining Collective bargaining is the unity of employee for the purposes of increasing their ability to influence their employers and improve working conditions. In the United States the negotiations that happen between concerning parties are written into legally binding contracts and usually last from one to five years. Each facility has governance. Governance generally refers to: the arrangement of the power hierarchy within an organization and how power flows through that organization. Involved in this is the overall decision making process as it relates to resource allocation and the development of policies and procedures (Catalano2012).