Human Resources

Module 4 Reflective Discussion Name Institutional Affiliation Module 4 Reflective Discussion Vacation is a crucial concept in the work environment. It involves giving the staff time-off regularly; for example, one month every year. Going on holiday is vital to improving the well-being of the staff. Employees get the opportunity to rest after a busy schedule. Sufficient rest enhances the physical and mental health outcome of the team. Vacation enhances the performance of the workers. They will strive to accomplish the stated goals and objectives before the vacation period. Furthermore, vacation improves the loyalty of the staff. All people desire to work in an organization that gives them...

Replacement of Economic Strikers Student’s Name Institutional Affiliation Replacement of Economic Strikers Economic and Social Consequences Labor strikes occur when workers are mistreated or underpaid by the employer. Workers unions organize for the hits to pressurize employers and make adjustments in the working conditions. Strikes have guidelines on how they should be carried out according to tribunal laws and regulations. The replacement for economic strikers imparts pressure to the unions of workers to make agreements with the employer and call off the strike. The economic consequences associated with prohibiting replacement of striking workers include a reduction in the profitability...

Unions Name Institution Date What did you find in your research about the recent record for unions attempting to organize large bargaining units? What does this mean for the future of unions? Organizational unions are critical bargaining units for workers. However, coming up with an effective union requires many considerations such as the size. That is why the bigger the union, the more effective it is. Small unions often get struck down by the management quite easily. For instance, OUR Walmart union has faced numerous hurdles from the Walmart management which is hell-bent not actualizing a good pension plan for the Walmart workers. This is despite the support that it received from the UFCW...

Unionization Name Institution Unionization The opposition of companies to unionization is anything but another marvel. It is a revisit of the notable association that existed amongst unions and administrations in the US. Companies do not favor unions since they decreased profitability and worker relations, led to slower working procedures, and are expensive. They additionally constrain adaptability, strikes can easily occur, and also limit job security. Unionization alludes to an alliance of laborers who have similar approaches and rationale. The point of creating the union is to protect the employees’ benefits, their working hours, favorable wages, and collective bargaining. The article...

A Wrongful Termination Case Study Name Course Date One of the recent high-profile wrongful termination cases is that of Dennis Smith vs. Iowa State University in which the wrongful termination plaintiff was unable to provide enough evidence to prove the cause of Smith’s wrongful termination, hence lost the case (A Wrongful Termination Case Study, n.d.). It is a special kind of wrongful termination case that was brought under the State of Iowa’s statutes of whistleblowing. Smith detected and reported funds misappropriation by one of Iowa State University employee. Later Smith was terminated as part of the departmental reorganization. To him, this termination was vengeful from the...

Strikes Student’s Name Institution Strikes The year 2017 recorded the second lowest number of labor strikes in the United States history. At the end of the year, only seven labor strikes were recorded by the labor department which was a drop from 15 in 2016 whereby 25,000 workers were involved in the labor strikes (Giudice, 2018). The mention of the name ‘strike’ in the labor market brings about a wide range of negative reactions and speculations. In most cases, labor strikes evoke negative reactions in the economy from the employers and the employee's side. During a strike, the production of a business, a public entity, and the entire economy is at a standstill, in this case, the...

Edward Snowden – WhistleblowerStudent’s Name Student ID Professor’s Name Date of Submission Edward Snowden is accused of leaking particulars of the wide-ranging internet and phone surveillance done by the American intelligence. He is a former contractor of the CIA. He worked at the CIA as the systems analyst. According to Jeffreys-Jones (2017), Snowden is also linked with leaking UK surveillance programmers. The scandal was exposed in June 2013 when the Guardian newspaper published a story that the US national security agency (NSA) had continuously collected the telephone records of a majority of Americans (Harding, 2016). The report included a secret court order that was given to...

Workplace Privacy Student’s Name: Institution Workplace Privacy The introduction of technology in workplaces has created new concerns for work privacy, to both employees and employers. The use of technology at work is rapidly increasing. Employees communicate to their employers through the email, and various customer transactions are also done through the internet. Use of emails and the internet can significantly reduce the amount of inventory and real estate an organization requires and also help in the expansion of a business. Hence most workers, as opposed to ten years ago, now have internet access in their workplaces, thus the increasing concerns of the privacy of their documents due to...

Discrimination in the Workplace Student’s Name Institutional Affiliation Discrimination in the Workplace Mackey's Department Store was violating the regulations by the Equal Employee Opportunity Commission (EEOC) for failing to pay its employees during the holidays and vacation. It is a requirement by the commission that every employee should receive holiday pay during the time he or she is on vacation. Additionally, it was according to the law for the firm to fire Jerri Simmons for insisting that she must visit the pope. Although, the EEOC policies provide that the employees should have their religion respected, visit the pope is not among the provision (The Balance, 2018). Also, the...