Employee Relations Management (Elective P-I – Hr)

a. Trade Unions are essentially “outsiders” who have no legitimate presence in the workplace.

b. Potential for conflict is inherent in industrial relationship.

SECTION – D

Since safety of employees is important to most companies in Bangalore both in public and private sector, they provide transport to their employees. Buses, cars, mini buses are engaged in pick up and drop employees from home to workplace and back.

One of the public sector employees, Mr. Nanjappa was walking from his house to the nearest bus stop to board the company’s bus. While he was crossing the road a private car hit him.

He was taken to a hospital with bleeding head injuries and after 2 days he died in the hospital.

The family members of Mr. Nanjappa claimed compensation from the company, though he met with an accident outside the company stating that while he was going to the office he died.

Questions:

a. Do you think the company should pay compensation to the Employee who  dies outside the company? Yes or No. Give reasons.

b. Is there any law to pay compensation to employees who die or meet with an accident while on the way coming to the office?

c. How do we prove that he was on the way and coming to office only?

B.COM / B.B.M. – V SEMESTER – ANSWER KEY

Acc to Henry Richardson , “ IR are the art of living together for the purpose of production”.

Acc to H.A .Clegg, “ The field of IR includes the study of workers  and their trade unions, management, employers associations and the state institutions  concerned with the  regulation of employment”

Strike means a cessation of work by a body of persons employed in any industry acting in combination, or a concerted refusal, or a refusal under a common understanding of any number of persons who are or have been so employed to continue to work or to accept employment.

A state of mental or emotional strain or tension resulting from adverse or demanding circumstances.

“Internal equity exists when employees in an organization perceive that they are being rewarded fairly according to the relative value of their jobs within an organization”.

Gratuity Calculation In India =

[ (Basic Pay + D.A) x 15 days x No. of years of service ] / 26

A wage which is high enough to maintain a normal standard of living

Lay-off is temporary

Retrenchment is permanent

According to Keith Davis, “Workers’ participation refers to the mental and emotional involvement of a person in a group situation which encourages him to contribute to group goals and share in responsibility of achieving them”.

A group of employees who meet regularly to consider ways of resolving problems and improving production in their organization.

A self-directed work team (SDWT) is a group of people, usually employees in a company, who combine different skills and talents to work without the usual managerial supervision toward a common purpose or goal. Typically, an SDWT has somewhere between two and 25 members.

The objectives of workers’ participation in management are as follows:

1. To raise level of motivation of workers by closer involvement.

2.  To provide opportunity for expression and to provide a sense of importance to workers.

3.   To develop ties of understanding leading to better effort and harmony.

4.   To act on a device to counter-balance powers of managers.

5.  To act on a panacea for solving industrial relation problems.

Based on the students opinion- Yes or NO

Justify based on the same.

Key words expected : Collaboration, win-win situation, conflict,etc

1. Provident Fund benefits

2. Pension Benefits

3. Withdrawal Benefit

4. Death Benefits

Promotions

Transfers

Job enrichment

Job enlargement

Learning and development

Developmental job assignments

Coaching/ mentoring

Pay restructuring

Job restructuring

Basic/ base salary:  fixed compensation paid regularly with periodical increase say once in a year regardless of the rate of growth of the business

Short term incentives: cash paid/ company paid trips and picnics for achieving short terms goals like achieving sales targets for the year

Long term incentives: Stock option plans

Special executive benefits: insurance policies at company cost, health insurance

Benefits: paid leave, health care, survivor’s protection, retirement plans.

Perks : company car, housing, club membership, entertainment, news paper, house maintenance, maid servant’s charges.

1.Washing facilities and  Facilities for storing and drying clothing

Facilities for sitting

2.First-aid appliances – one first aid box not less than one for every 150 workers

3.Canteens when there are 200 or more workers.

4.Shelters, rest rooms and lunch rooms when there are 75 or more workers.

5.Crèches when there are 30 or more women worker

1. Trade Unions are essentially “outsiders” who have no legitimate presence in the workplace.

2. Potential for conflict is inherent in industrial relationship.

Ans:

1.Unitary Approach

2.Pluralistic Approach                                                                              

Comparison Basis                                  Unitary                                       

1.Assumptions                    1.Integrated group of people, common interests,values,objectives                                  

2.Nature of conflict             2. Irrational (not expressible)

3.Resolution of conflict      3. Coercion( forcefully)                                                                                      

Comparison Basis                                  Unitary                                       

1.Assumptions                    1.Sectional groups, different values, interests,objectives.                                  

2.Nature of conflict             2. Inevitable,rational, and structural.

3.Resolution of conflict      3. Compromise and agreement            

  Giving opinion on which approach  is better              

18.

1.Grievance Redressal Committee

Employing  20 or more workers.

The objective of this committee is to solve disputes arising out of individual grievances.

2.Works  Committee

For promoting dialogue between the employer and the workmen and for securing and preserving amity

3.The conciliation officer may be appointed by the government for specified area or specified industries.

Their main duty is to investigate and promote settlement of disputes by inviting the parties to come to a fair and amicable settlement.

4.Government may, as occasion arises, constitute a board of conciliation with an independent person as chairman and equal representatives of the parties concerned as its members.

5.Labour Court

6.Industrial Tribunal

Fencing of machinery

Work on near machinery in motion.

Employment prohibition of young persons on dangerous machines.

Striking gear and devices for cutting off power.

Self-acting machines.

Casing of new machinery.

Prohibition of employment of women and children near    cotton-openers

Hoists and lifts.

Workplace violence is violence or the threat of violence against workers. It can occur at or outside the workplace and can range from threats and verbal abuse to physical assaults and homicide, one of the leading causes of job-related deaths. However it manifests itself, workplace violence is a growing concern for employers and employees nationwide.

1.Encourage employees to report and log all incidents and threats of workplace violence.

2.Provide prompt medical evaluation and treatment after the incident.

3.Report violent incidents to the local police promptly.

4.Inform victims of their legal right to prosecute perpetrators.

5.Discuss the circumstances of the incident with staff members. 6.Encourage employees to share information about ways to avoid similar situations in the future.

7.Offer stress debriefing sessions and post-traumatic counseling services to help workers recover from a violent incident.

8.Investigate all violent incidents and threats,monitor trends in violent incidents by type or circumstance, and institute corrective actions.

9.Discuss changes in the program during regular employee meetings

Since safety of employees is important to most companies in Bangalore both in public and private sector,they provide transport to their employees .Buses, cars,mini buses are engaged in pick up and drop employees from home to workplace and back.

One of the public sector employees,Mr. Nanjappa was walking from his house to the nearest bus stop to board the company’s bus. While he was crossing the road a private car hit him.

He was taken to a hospital with bleeding head injuries and after 2 days he died in the hospital.

The family members of Mr. Nanjappa claimed compensation from the company,though he met with an accident outside the company stating that while he was going to the office he died.

Questions:

1.Do you think the company should pay compensation to the Employee who dies outside the company? Yes or No. Give reasons

2.Is there any law to pay compensation to employees who die or meet with an accident while on the way coming to the office?

3.How do we prove that he was on the way and coming to office only?