Intro, challenges Flashcards
What are the general HR problem topics?
- legal
- ethical
- moral
- political (internal power structure or outside of org)
- performance/productivity
- communication
- cost
What do you need to do for biz continuity plans? Why need biz contiuity?
- get a biz continuity committee
- establish core jobs
- predict likely absenteeism rates (diff plans for diff levels)
- identify how work will be done
- communication plan
- establish health and safety policies and education
- HR policies and regulation
need for handling, designing, overseeing planning when faced with an external problem (pandemic wooooo, floods, other business disruptions)
Who needed in a biz continuity committee?
- diff levels of seniority (mgmt, workers, etc.)
- unions reps
- HR
- external consultant maybe
- change management professional
- someone from each dept
- health and safety
What do you do in the ‘establish core jobs’ part of building a biz continuity plan?
see. ..
- what can be suspended
- what can be done at home
- what must be at the workplace
What options exist for ‘identify how work will be done’ for biz continuity plannning? What need to check first?
- cross training
- management step in
- volunteers
- subcontractors
- work at home
check: if others qualified, trained, able to do necessary jobs
Exampes of ‘establish health and safety policies and education’ step with pandemic?
- hygeine practices
- flu shots
- mandates (masks, distancing, etc.)
- plexiglass
- ‘when to stay home’ guidelines
examples of HR policies and regulations step?
- sick leave
- adjusted overtime
- successiong plans
- better culture around not working while sick (pandemic)
What does the Canadian labour force look like today (demographically)
- aging! older people are sticking around longer and there are less young people coming in
- so also now more leaving than coming in
What are the generations and their characteristics?
- war babies (silent gen) 1935-1945: frugal, less tolerant of diversity
- baby boomers (1946-1964): live to work, trouble adapting to tech, grew up in post-depression econmic prosperity
- generation x (1965-1980): more volatile economy, harder to find jobs, more value on W/L balance
- gen y (1981-1994): tech savvy, recessionary economy so hard to find career, less loyal, want meaningful work
- gen z (1995-2010): mental health focus, know all the tech , less desire for basic 9-5
What are some cross generational policies? (help everyone :)
- career path development
- communication (2 WAY!)
- rewards for performance, recognition
- trustworhty mgmt
- flexibility in areas that matter
How has women in the workplace changed since the 50s? Why is it still uneven?
before: post-war, women didnt have to cover ‘mens jobs’ anymore so could stay home with kids and family was all good on single income
after: feminist movement so women want to work, economic shifts so its harder to survive on single income
still uneven because
- still systemic issues
- women expected to be primary caregiver still with kids
- less paternity leave options
What can employers do to help employees balance work and family life?
Best: offer family leave (time off to take kid to doctor, etc.), flexible hours (x per week, but otherwise whenever)
Also good: WFH, job sharing (2PT employees share one FT position)
also can do on site daycare or subsidies/benefits to help pay for daycare (can be $$$ tho)
What is the ideal worker bias? Typical traits of ‘ideal worker’?
Typical traits: ambitious, no gaps in resume, will work extra hours, seem to not have children/not have to worry about taking care of children
Bias: these are all things that are more likely in men or just non-parents (this bias shows up always, even when HR rep is a woman)
What are the difficulties of a multicultural workforce?
- need accomodate cultural differences (holidays, culture)
- credential recognition (oft high skills not being used)
- recruiting and hiring FOR cultural knowledge
- communication difficulty
- orientation (to org and culture, but also language, country culture, intriduce family to it all too)
What is the express entry program?
targets skilled immigrants in 50 occupations who wish to immigrate as permanent residents and help them get in quicker for these needed skills (as identified by provinces etc)
** requires a labour market impact assessment to make sure not putting locals out of work
