Importance 🧡 Flashcards
Importance of employee confidentiality
Employee confidentiality it is important because confidential information can be misused to commit illegal activity, leading to costly lawsuits for the employer, loss of employee trust and decline in productivity. Many states have that protect employee confidentiality concerning employee information, management information and business information.
Transitional employees and the strategies to meet their special needs
Transitional employees are individuals placed in temporary jobs with the goal of preparing them for permanent job placement. This form of employment is offered to individuals who are out of the workforce due to illness or disability, injury, former incarceration, part-time employment, insufficient wages, etc. Their special needs are met with light- duty jobs that abide physical and health restrictions
Independent Contractor
One who works for, and receives payment form, an employer but whose working conditions and methods are not controlled by the employer. An independent contractor is not an employee but may be an agent.
Sex-Based Discrimination
When employees or applicants are treated unfairly because of their sex, including unfair treatment due to gender, transgender status, or sexual orientation. Getting paid less for working the same job, being subject to unwanted sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, being given less paid sick leave (maternity and paternity leave) being denied employee benefits on account of gender
Outsourcing and its effects on personnel
Obtaining goods or services from an outside or foreign supplier. Loss of fixed- employment opportunities, harm on employee morale and company culture, etc.
Impact of technology and visual aids on effective training plans
Visual aids are an effective tool you can use to help maintain your audience’s attention. Additionally, they increase the retention of the material they are being taught.
Salary Schedule
An official document that outlines the pay levels that an employee can achieve. The top row shows heading that represent variations in types of employees with descending columns that show salary levels. The rows that descend below the heading indicate steps, with each row increasing in value as employees advance through the steps
Legally requires benefits that employers must provide to employees
Vacation, health insurance, long-term disability coverage, tuition reimbursement, and retirement savings plans are just a few of the many benefits employees may offer employees
Discretionary fringe benefits
Employment benefits that are not mandated by law. They can include a range of employee benefits, such as health insurance, sick leave, maternity leave, vacation leave, pensions plans, life insurance and prescription drug insurance.
Piecework plans
An employee is paid a certain amount of money per unit produced
Merit pay
A raise in pay based on a set of criteria set by the employer
Employee reward program
Programs set up by a company to reward performance and motivate employees on individual and/or group levels
Pay rate calculation
Annual salutary divided by the amount of hours worked in the year
Effective performance management systems
Ensures that individual and team goals are aligned with organizational goals so that performance at both the individual, team and organization level are enchanced through effective implementation of human resource management practices
Role of affirmative in the employee selection process
The purpose of affirmative action is to establish fair access to employment opportunities to create a workforce that is an accurate reflection of the demographics of the qualified workforce in the relevant job market
