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What does HR do?
- Role in Formulating Strategy –
- Environmental Scanning, Competitive Intelligence
- Role in Executing Strategy – Formulate
- Effective HR Procedures, Execute Downsizing and Restructuring, Create Effective
- Employee-Management Relationships Obtain and Develop Employees, Utilize Evaluate, and Maintain Employees
- Accomplish Organizational Objectives
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HR Jobs
- · Recruiting
- · Hiring
- · Training
- · Organization Development
- · Communication
- · Performance Management
- · Coaching
- · Policy Recommendation
- · Salary and Benefits
- · Team Building
- · Employee Relations
- · Leadership
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Fairness in Discipline—Three Foundations
- Rules and regulations
- System of progressive penalties
- An appeals process
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Fairness in Disciplinary Discussions
- – take a counselling approach
- – exhibit positive non-verbal demeanour
- – provide employee some process/outcome control
- – provide a clear explanation of the problem
- – ensure discussion is held in private ensure that discipline is non-arbitrary/consistent
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Discipline without Punishment
- 1. Issue oral reminder
- 2. Issue formal written reminder
- 3. Provide one-day paid decision leave
- 4a. Purge suspension from file if no further incidents for one year
- 4b. Dismissal if behaviour is repeated
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Grounds for Dismissal
- – unsatisfactory performance
- – misconduct
- – lack of qualifications for the job
- – changed requirements of (or elimination of) the job
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Wrongful Dismissal
- – employee can allege wrongful dismissal if:
- • notice is not provided
- • notice is not considered reasonable
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Constructive Dismissal
- – unilateral changes in employment contract, unacceptable to employee
- • demotion
- • forced early retirement
- • forced transfer
- • reduction in pay/benefits
- • changes in job duties/responsibilities
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Dismissal Procedures
- – provide warnings before termination (final warning in writing)
- – prepare a checklist of company property to be accounted for
- – change security codes and locks
- – for mass dismissal, prepare news release
- – decide beforehand how to inform coworkers
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