Learn how to be in compliance with legally mandated benefits. Tax issues related to benefits will be discussed. Impact and transfer of practices to the non-union sector is considered. Selected topics of current relevance to human resource management and industrial relations practices. Lecture, discussions, simulations, and observation applied to the range of mechanisms utilized to resolve real-world conflicts.
Workforce diversity is an essential component of human resource strategy.
Human resource practices will be examined with a commitment to diversity. Learn how to incorporate diversity into decision making to enhance organizational performance. Human rights, equal employment, compensation and benefit laws, employee protection laws, labor relations laws are examined. Special issues such as wrongful discharge, sexual harassment, and defamation are discussed in the context of statute, case law and their application to the work setting. Job design standards, employee appraisal systems, and worker satisfaction are discussed.