A Handbook of Human Resource Management Practice

ACCIDENT PREVENTION The prevention of accidents is achieved by: ● identifying the causes of accidents and the conditions under w ...

● The severity rate– the days lost through accidents or occupation health problems per 1,000,000 hours worked. Some organization ...

information provided by risk assessments, safety audits and accident reports. But the advice must be positive – why health and s ...

● Managerscan exert the greater influence on health and safety. They are in imme- diate control and it is up to them to keep a c ...

Welfare services Welfare services may be provided for matters concerning employees which are not immediately connected with thei ...

time – the space and facilities could be better used by the community. The argument that the provision of employee welfare servi ...

effect, placed welfare among the hygiene factors, but he did not underestimate the importance of ‘hygiene’ as a means of elimina ...

their personal problems are going to be revealed to others, possibly to the detriment of their future careers. This is the argum ...

part-time sick visitor. Some organizations use retired employees for this purpose. Alternatively, arrangements can be made for a ...

Employment problems Employment problems should normally be solved by discussion between the indi- vidual and his or her manager ...

GROUP WELFARE SERVICES Group employee services mainly consist of restaurants, sports and social clubs, and nursery facilities, a ...

Increasingly, however, it is being recognized that employee welfare is the responsi- bility of line management and supervision. ...

discuss personal matters. Larger EAP providers offer clients the option of reports on average statistics based on work for compa ...

Employment and HRM services This handbook emphasizes the importance of strategic considerations in formulating HR policies and p ...

Employment practices Employment practices should be concerned with fundamental aspects of the employ- ment relationship as expre ...

Employment practices need to be established in the following areas as described in this chapter: ● terms and conditions and cont ...

● job title; ● duties, preferably including a flexibility clause such as: ‘The employee will perform such duties and will be res ...

MOBILITY CLAUSES Case law has established that employers can invoke mobility clauses which specify that the employee must work i ...

The policies should also provide guidelines on how requests from employees for transfer should be treated. The normal approach s ...

● Promotion opportunities should be open to all, irrespective of race, creed, sex or marital status. FLEXIBLE WORKING The range ...