Introduction to business: human resources management

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1. Managing Human Resources cc licensed ( BY NC ND ) flickr photo by City of Olathe, KS: http://flic.kr/p/bnSxBE
2. Quiz • Closed book/closed notes • Put away phones until quiz is over • You may collaborate with your team • You are responsible for the answers on your quiz • You do not have to choose the same answers as your team
3. Why do businesses hire?
4. What is the purpose of a business?
5. cc licensed ( BY NC SD ) flickr photo by whalt: http://flic.kr/p/7EFaY
6. Recruiting How do businesses find job candidates? • Internal candidates • Internships • Recommendations from employees • Competing firms • Colleges/Schools • Unsolicited resumes • Classified ads/online services
7. Recruiting Risks? • Internal candidates • Internships • Recommendations from employees • Competing firms • Colleges/Schools • Unsolicited resumes • Classified ads/online services
10. Employment at will • No expectation of continued employment • Can fire employees for any reason • Can fire for no reason • Can't fire for discriminatory reason –race, religion, color, national origin, disability –union activity
11. Alabama Employment at will • No public policy exception: • worker's compensation claim* • refusal to defraud company shareholders • complying with grand jury subpoena* • refusal to falsify medical records • refusal to commit perjury
12. Union busting • Over 1/3 of companies respond to union elections by firing organizers • Recent examples: –Target –Starbucks –Jimmy John's
13. Flip side of employment at will
14. Federal employment law • Title VII Civil Rights Act 1964 –race, religion, color, national origin, disability • Americans with Disabilities –disability • Equal Pay Act –Gender: equal pay for equal work • Age Discrimination in Employment Act –Workers >40
15. Compensation • Wages • Commission • Piecework • Salary • Bonuses • Profit sharing • Benefits
16. Collective Bargaining • Union representation • Labor contract • Labor disputes
17. Labor tactics • Picketing • Strikes • Boycott
18. Management tactics • Lockouts • Strikebreakers ("scabs")
19. Resolution • Mediation • Arbitration