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Introduction to business: human resources management

Ted Major
April 12, 2016

Introduction to business: human resources management

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Ted Major

April 12, 2016
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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. cc licensed ( BY NC SD ) flickr photo by

    whalt: http://flic.kr/p/7EFaY
  4. Recruiting How do businesses find job candidates? • Internal candidates

    • Internships • Recommendations from employees • Competing firms • Colleges/Schools • Unsolicited resumes • Classified ads/online services
  5. Recruiting Risks? • Internal candidates • Internships • Recommendations from

    employees • Competing firms • Colleges/Schools • Unsolicited resumes • Classified ads/online services
  6. 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
  7. 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
  8. Union busting • Over 1/3 of companies respond to union

    elections by firing organizers • Recent examples: –Target –Starbucks –Jimmy John's
  9. 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