Add to this confusion the growing prevalence of telecommuters and the issues of the FLSA become even more complicated. Of course some telecommuting positions fall into the exempt category, and therefore are not subject to overtime pay, however some Continue Reading...
Culture and Diversity: Workplace Conflicts Workplace Conflict: Diversity Training Diversity-training is one of the most common methods used by organizations today to address cultural differences among employees, and thereby minimize the risk of wor Continue Reading...
Building Trust and Respect through Constructive Conflict Resolution One of the most significant advantages of genuine conflict resolution (i.e. through effective communication, validation, and specific methodologies that address underlying causes Continue Reading...
Slotting summer jobs or paid internships specifically for high school, college and post-grad students with disabilities; (2) Affirmative action and mentoring for people with disabilities. (Whether and how to implement affirmative action depends on o Continue Reading...
Studies have shown that a relationship exists between individual's satisfaction with their life after a spinal cord injury and their access to the environment, including the work environment (Richards, Bombardier, Tate, Kijkers, Gordon, Shewchuk &am Continue Reading...
strategic human resource management with the spa industry to improve overall employee retention, benefits and loyalty in a highly competitive atmosphere. The paper starts off with a description of the chosen industry -- spa industry, and follows it Continue Reading...
They should also seem literate about company objectives and philosophy. Candidates should be interviewed. Since this is a sales position and strong interpersonal skills are required, candidates should be interviewed by a panel of different supervis Continue Reading...
Adult Learner Nursing 'You're never too old to learn.' However, much as we cherish this cliche, our society does little to support the value of adult education, often assuming that learning stops when someone is in their early twenties. This is not Continue Reading...
Tenet of the theory 2. Another tenet of this theory (and one that is connected to certain clinical practices such as those of Rogerian therapy) is that humans are generally inclined to try to achieve greater levels of self-fulfillment, which in tu Continue Reading...
" Candidates have to undergo personal interviews, medical examinations, "counterintelligence-scope polygraph examination," urinalysis test to screen for possible illegal drug use, and other procedures that the agency finds necessary to meet suitabili Continue Reading...
Therefore, one cannot conclude whether a trauma-centered, or present-centered approach is better for the treatment of substance abuse using group therapy. Implications for Social Work Studies regarding group therapy in veterans with substance abus Continue Reading...
Organizational Theory Is creativity only important and certain kinds of jobs and organizations or is it important in most jobs and organizations? Give both points-of-view. State and substantiate your point-of-view. The creative acumen of a particu Continue Reading...
Industrial Psychology In principle, the primary purpose of employee selection is to identify, attract, and retain employees who are most likely to be successful in their positions (Author, year p 147). That process begins with determining the specif Continue Reading...
" In principle, that means that injured employees need not sue their employers for compensation for their injuries or to prove that they were the employer's fault. On one hand, that also limits the total amount of recovery to which they are entitled Continue Reading...
(Rosenbloom, 2005) Q2) Identify issues employers face with benefits, explain why they face them and share how to resolve them The primary problem is the misuse and overuse of the insurance and medical programs included to the employee benefit and Continue Reading...
In addition to supplying training so that workers can obtain and maintain entry-level jobs, training must be given that is based on national skills principles, assessments, and qualifications that will improve a participant's ability to compete succ Continue Reading...
Moreover, she engaged in $47,000 of insider trades of Enron stock after writing her memo to CEO Kenneth Lay "and prior to the company's announcement of the charge to earnings," an action she herself acknowledged was illegal because "I had more infor Continue Reading...
In most cases, threats arising from employee conduct can be effectively mitigated by explicit policies and procedures implemented by the organization. In that regard, ethical training of all employees is essential, especially with respect to sexual Continue Reading...
Other acts include the Federal Employment liability Act, the Marchant Marine Act and the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act. There are also workers compensation acts that are geared towards problems associated with illnesses or health c Continue Reading...
As shown in Appendix 2 these report gives a complete and detailed picture of candidate's personality type, classifying him to one of five main types: A-director, B - socializer, motivator, people person, C - thinker, analytic, D - supporter, X whic Continue Reading...
sexual harassment, and discuss aspects like defenses, judge ruling basis, cause of action, and employee's and employer's civil liability. Both discrimination and employee laws will be applied here. Sexual Harassment Background Information The issu Continue Reading...
Training and development is crucial to the growth and success of any organization. This paper analyses how training and development can be used as an effective tool to strengthen those skills that an employee needs to improve upon and better perform Continue Reading...
VA HR The purpose of this report is to accurately describe the systems and procedures at the Veterans Administration (VA). This report will fully analyze the history of legislation and court decisions that have implications to the agency's personnel Continue Reading...
Employment Law Role of Employers and Government Agencies Roger Karnes (2009) cites Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" as an intellectual template for thinking about employer and employee relations, with the inherent warning that the boardroom wil Continue Reading...
DESIGNING & IMPLEMENTING a DIVERSITY TRAINING PROGRAM DESIGNING AND IMPLEMENTING A DIVERSITY TRAINING PROGRAM Good evening Designing and Implementing a Diversity Training Program Identify and discuss three objectives of the diversity training Continue Reading...
Limitations on ADA Requirements: The ADA does not require employers to provide accommodations that pose an undue hardship on the employer or the business entity. The ADA defines "undue hardship" as accommodations that exceed the employer's financia Continue Reading...
Assertive managers make the assumption that their direct reports have missing links also and can benefit from feedback that comes in a straightforward fashion. (Savage, 1998) Assertive managers are increasingly effectual in molding and transforming Continue Reading...
Employer's Attitude: Their Perception And Awareness About Disability Organizations have a lot to gain from employing people with disabilities, as that improves the perception of the masses and clients alike as being sensitive, reasonable, and consci Continue Reading...
Census Bureau in the United States, there are about 54 million Americans that have some sort of disability. Out of these persons, 26 million persons have a severe disability. While employment rates are concerned, it should be seen that 82% of the pe Continue Reading...
political, social, and/or technological factors that influence contemporary human services organizations and explain how. Then explain how these factors might pose challenges to human services administrators. Be specific. Political, social, and tec Continue Reading...
HR Process The well-known Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the EEOC, Department of Homeland Security and the Department of labor outline the various provisions that are formatted to ensure the people with disability, the minority groups, and e Continue Reading...
71) points out, "Excessive concern for economic development and materialism during a major part of the last century in most of the countries of the world relegated values having bearing on the qualitative aspect of life to the background." He notes Continue Reading...
dangers or working in factory settings, assembly lines and other blue collar settings has been known. There were dangers in machinery, solvents and other aspects of such positions that posed problems for the businesses that needed them to produce. I Continue Reading...
Although some employers swear by personality or cognitive tests (Taylor 1998) Google places less emphasis on data-driven metrics (including GPA and transcripts) and instead attempts to determine if the candidate is 'Googly' -- i.e., a good fit for t Continue Reading...
Segway Case Study In any organization, new employees often have difficulty during their initial period of adjustment -- there is a new company culture, new rules, a great deal of new material to learn, and clearly new policies, procedures, and peopl Continue Reading...
The qualities tested by the Myers-Briggs are also those that often cause clashes between employees, such extroversion vs. introversion, thinking vs. feeling, judging vs. perceiving, and the tendency to experiencing the world through sensing vs. intu Continue Reading...
Granted it is argued that not all new employment opportunities are managerial in nature, but even if the 20% figure frequently quoted regarding the percentage of managerial occupations open today, competent lower-level employees who can deal with p Continue Reading...
Though the employee's husband did spend nearly four weeks being involved in the healing ministry, "nearly half of the trip was spent not in faith healing, but visiting friends, family, and local churches" (FEPG). The bottom line is that the FMLA wo Continue Reading...
IAMAW Views on Safety The response of the American people to the terrorists attacks of 9/11 was felt one of compassion and resolve. Almost all Americans were associated in one or other manner in assisting the Nation come out of the dangerous impacts Continue Reading...
Nationally, it ranges from the mid-thirty-thousand dollar range to more than twice that amount with a national average of approximately $46,000 (BLS, 2008). Naturally, the highest salaries are available to paralegals and legal assistants who have ac Continue Reading...
