Human Resources #1 Flashcards
HR outsourcing
contracting business functions to third-party specialist businesses to take advantage of the skills provided by them and to achieve a reduction in labour costs
what functions are commonly outsourced?
recruitment, induction, leadership training, mediation, outplacement, payroll
HR contractor
an external provider of services to a business, individual or business to create costs savings or to access greater expertise and capabilities to improve competitiveness
- recommended for non-core functions, allowing staff to focus on broader aspects of managing a firm
HR domestic subcontracting
benefits of fresh ideas and perspectives, such as leadership development. allows firms to focus their resources on essential business activities, leaving some of the detailed support or compliance-related activities to experts.
HR global subcontracting
reduces costs,
process outsourcing - dominant form of outsourcing of repetitive, easily measured and documented work
project outsourcing - much greater use of intellectual property and strategic business knowledge, it tends to operate in a longer time frame, is more difficult to measure and the quality cannot be fully anticipated, thus carrying more risk.
HR employers
control over employees, responsibility for the payment of wages and have the power to dismiss employees
HR employees
workers under the control of an employer, control exercised through workplace location, way the work is performed and extent to which supervision is excercised
HR employer associations
organisations that represent and assist employer groups. usually respondents to the awards covering the employees of their members, and covering employers in the same or related industry
HR log of claims
list of demands made by workers against employers
union
organisations formed by employees in an industry to represent them in efforts to improve wages and working conditions of their members.
government organisations
legislator - pass laws that provide legal framework for industrial relations
employers - federal and state provide public service jobs
administrator of government policies on industrial relations - governments are able to implement the legislation they enact through the departments and agencies enacted.
statutes
laws made by federal and state parliaments
requires employers to
- meet WHS requirements
- maintain workers’ compensation insurance
- provide all employees with superannuation
modern award
an industry or occupation-based award that covers all private sector employers and employees who perform work that falls within their scope
award
refers to the legally enforceable minimum terms and conditions that apply to a business industry
award simplification
the process of reducing the number of matters in each award and eliminating inefficient work practices
federal court
courts have judicial power to determine disputes about existing rights and to make decisions about these matters
other government agencies
WGEA (Workplace Gender Equality Agency)
Anti-Discrimination Board (state)
centralised industrial relations system
a collectivist approach in which disputes are referred to industrial tribunals, such as the Fair Work Commission, for conciliation and arbitration
decentralised industrial relations system
employers and employees negotiate wages and working conditions in the individual workplace, through collective or individual bargaining and without the involvement of tribunals
society
reflective of broader societal behaviours, decisions in HR impact standards of living and rate of economic growth
employment contracts
legally binding, formal agreement between employer and employee
common law - rights and duties
HR must comply with national employment standards
- duty of care
- duty to pay the agreed wage
- duty to provide work
- duty to obey lawful instructions
- due to work with skills
- due to disclose relevant information
enterprise agreements
when registered award doesn’t apply, NES still apply, base rate can’t be lower than award base rate
individual common law contracts
individual contracts of service cover employees not on federal agreements or state agreements, particularly those earning higher incomes
employment contracts
- fixed term (specific period)
casual (temporary employed)
part time (less than 38 hours)
full time (permanent, 38 hours per week)
strategies to eliminate discrimination
training, policies, diversity goals
economic influences
economic cycle, structural change, globalisation
structural change
chang ein the nature of production of good/service
globalisation
increased diversity of Australian workforce means wider range of skill, reducing labour costs - > increased redundancy
