Human Resources Employment

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Human Resources Employment

• More than half of all budget salaries
• HR Planning
• Examine existing job structure talent
• Determine HR needed to fulfill goals
• Determine gaps between haves needs
• Determine change needed to move ahead
• Obtain financial resources needed
• Issues that affect Planning
• Financial, Political and Diversity Issues

2
Discrimination in the Workplace

• Prejudice
• Adverse judgment formed w/o knowledge
• Intentional Discrim vs Unintent. (disparate)
• Civil Rights Act (1964) Title VII
• Cant base decisions on race, color, gender
• Bona Fide occupational qualifications (BFOQ)
• Bona Fide seniority
• Must accommodate Religion
• Civil Rights Act of 1991
• can demand a jury trial cannot race-norm
  tests

3
Sexual Harassment (EEOC)

• Unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual
  favors other verbal or physical conduct of a
  sexual nature when submission to or rejection of
  this conduct explicitly or implicitly affects an
  inds employment, unreasonably interferes with an
  inds work performance, or creates an
  intimidating, hostile, or offensive work
  environment.

4
Sexual Harassment (cont.)

• Quid pro quo
• Requesting of sexual favors for benefits
• Only against those who hold power
• Hostile work environment
• Anyone can be charged with
• To make a claim
• Conduct must be unwelcome warned
• Need to define, zero policy, create
  investigation proced. consequences

5
Other Acts

• Equal Pay Act of 1963 (Exceptions)
• Age Discrim in Employment Act (1967)
• Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978
• Family Medical Leave Act of 1993
• Up to 12 weeks unpaid (govt jobs or 50)
• Male or female, for health, birth, adoption, etc.
• Disability Laws (must meet standards)
• Vocational Rehab Act of 1973 (only feds)
• ADA (1990) all public private

6
Recruitment

• Written Recruitment Plan
• Philosophy
• Purpose, goals and objectives
• Policies and procedures
• Training staff to recruit without bias
• Recruiting Qualified Applicants
• Internal, External Minority Recruitment

7
Selection

• Topics that must be addressed (manual)
• Screening of application materials
• Interviewing Procedures (obj. for interviews)
• relevant-standards, who interviews, agenda, etc.
• Pre-employment Testing
• Background Investigations Reference checks
• Final Selection Decisions
• Medical Examinations Drug Testing
• Notification of unsuccessful Applicants

8
Compensation

• Wages vs. Salaries vs. Benefits
• Factors influencing compensation
• Location, labor market conditions, orgs ability
  to pay, mgmts willingness to pay for PR
  services, union collective bargaining
• Position Classification Plan
• By position within position
• Salary Wage increases
• Overtime compensation

9
Benefits (part of compensation)

• Government administered benefits
• Social Security/hospital ins (medicare),
  unemployment ins, workers compensation
• Health-care benefits
• Health ins, Life ins, Disability ins
• Retirement benefits (401ks)
• Paid time-off
• sick, annual, holiday and bereavement leave
• Other Benefits memberships, educ, travel

10
Discipline

• Standards of conduct
• Performance, conduct, attitude, punctuality
• Codes of ethics
• Gifts/bribes, using rank, conflict of interest
• Types of action
• Oral and written warnings, suspension, reduced
  pay, demotion, dismissal

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Grievance Management

• Put in writing and contain
• When the incident(s) occurred
• Where the incident(s) happened
• Why the incident(s) a grievance
• What grievant thinks should be done