Miscellaneous

UNION
MANAGEMENT
 UNION
Is a formal association of workers
that promotes the interests of its
members through collective action.
 WHY UNIONIZE?
* DISSATISFACTION
* IMPROVEMENT
 Factors that leads to Unionization:
*WORKING ENVIRONMENT
*COMPENSATION

*MANAGEMENT STYLE

*EMPLOYEE TREATMENT
 Collective Bargaining
The process whereby representatives of
management and workers negotiate a labor
agreement covering wages, hours, and
other terms & conditions of employment.
Process of Collective Bargaining
1. Draft / prepare the proposal to be presented
2. Assess the factors carefully
3. Present the proposal to the management/company along with the “notice” to
negotiate
4. Management answers the “notice” and agrees to meet the and discuss the proposal
5. The parties formulate an agreement that summarizes all the issues that both of the
team accepts and those that the choose to reject.
 CLASSIFICATION OF BARGAINING
ISSUES
PERMISSIVE ISSUES
- Those that are not mandatory but relate to certain jobs.

ILLEGAL ISSUES
- Would require either party to take an illegal action. (unenforceable)
 COMPENSATION
ADMINISTRATION
COMPENSATION ADMINISTRATION

Is a segment of Human Resource

Management focusing on planning,
organizing, controlling the direct and
indirect payments employees receive for
the work they perform.
WHAT IS COMPENSATION?

An exchange or transaction from

which both parties (employer &
employee) benefit.
TYPES OF COMPENSATION
• Base Pay
• Commission
• Overtime Pay
• Bonuses, Profit Sharing, Merit Pay
• Stock Options
• Travel / Meal Allowances
• Benefits
 BENEFITS
• Voluntary Benefits
The management is not legally required to give these to the employees

• Mandatory Benefits
Legally required benefits
ELEMENTS OF A PAY SYSTEM
• NONMONETARY PAY
Benefits that do not involve tangible value
• DIRECT PAY
Employee’s base wage pay
• INDIRECT PAY
Everything from legally required programs to health insurance, retirement, etc
ELEMENTS OF A PAY SYSTEM
• INCENTIVE PAY
A supplemental pay when specified performance objectives are met
• STOCK OPTIONS
A right to buy a piece of the business
• BONUSES
A gift given occasionally to reward exceptional performance
 SETTING PAY LEVELS
Managers should ensure that the pay
level is fair relative to what the other
employees in the position are being
paid.
HEALTH AND SAFETY
- Encompasses the social, mental,
physical well-being of workers, that is
the “whole person”
 WHY STUDY HEALTH &
SAFETY?
• To minimize waste of human resources and time loss
• To develop a proper working attitude in the employees
• To know the duties and responsibilities, and obligations
of employers and employees in accident prevention
 FACTS
• Organizations have moral and legal responsibility
to ensure the safety and well-being of their members.
• Public Policy relative to occupational illness is
expressed in laws such as the Labor Code of the
Philippines, and DOLE’s Occupational Safety
and Health Standards.
WHO ARE INVOLVED IN SAFETY
& HEALTH PROBLEMS?

• Human Resource Professionals

• Managers
CATEGORIES OF WORKPLACE
ACCIDENTS

• Employee Error
• Equipment insufficiency
• Procedure inefficiency
WORKPLACE HAZARDS

HAZARD
 TYPES OF HAZARDS
• Biological • Physical
• Chemical • Psychosocial
• Ergonomic • Safety
 RISK
- Chance or probability that a person
will be harmed or experience an
adverse effect if exposed to a hazard
 RISK ASSESSMENT

Analyze &
Determine
Identify evaluate the
ways to
hazards & risk risk associated
eliminate or
factors with that
control hazard
hazard