...INTRODUCTION Holidays and leave entitlements fall into four main categories. They are described in section 3 of the Holidays Act 2003: Section 3: Purpose The purpose of this Act is to promote balance between work and other aspects of employees’ lives and, to that end, to provide employees with minimum entitlements to— (a) annual holidays to provide the opportunity for rest and recreation: (b) public holidays for the observance of days of national, religious, or cultural significance: (c) sick leave to assist employees who are unable to attend work because they are sick or injured, or because someone who depends on the employee for care is sick or injured: (d) bereavement leave to assist employees who are unable to attend work because they have suffered a bereavement. Holidays Act 1981 The Holidays Act 1981 consolidated the existing law but it was not a substantial redraft of the law and the legislation gave rise to difficulties in interpretation and application. Annual holidays: Until 1944, there was no legislation providing for paid holidays or leave. An employee’s entitlement depended on the terms and conditions of employment. The Annual Holidays Act 1944 introduced two weeks paid annual leave for all workers. This was increased to three weeks by the Annual Holidays Amendment Act 1974. It is now four weeks. Public holidays: Public holidays were introduced in the Public Holidays Act 1910 They were not made a statutory entitlement for all...
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... BLAW 225 Outline I. Introduction II. Employment contract a) Permanent contract or fixed contract b) Temporary contract c) Training contract d) Work experience contract e) Part time contract III. Working Conditions a) Salary b) Working time c) Rest time d) Overtime e) Working day and family f) Holidays and leaves g) Unpaid leaves h) Maternity and paternity leave i) Dismissal IV. Employee’s rights V. Social Securities VI. Unions VII. Conclusion I. Introduction As is the case almost in all European countries, Spanish labor law is very understandable and ensure protection for employees. According to the definition labor law is a body of law that govern the employer-employee relation, including employment contract. The relationship between employer and employee is more than the exchange of labor for money it is also covers workplace rights and a large group of regulation on issues such as protection from discrimination, wages hours and health and safety. Labor law also deals with individual and collective relationships between employees and employers. The economic crisis of 2008 showed that the Spanish labor model was not working out. The labor legislation change in 2012 in order to be more suitable in a time of crisis within the labor market, the legislation modifies the institutional framework ( the system of for formal laws, regulation, procedures informal convention...
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...Tour Operations Inclusive Tour Programme Compiled by Linda Cigurova 05.10.2015 Introduction As a representative of the ‘’Travel Wizards’’ tour operator, I have completed a requested research report on the factors that could affect demand for holidays in the chosen destination for our newly designed inclusive tour programme. The contents of the report are as follows: political, social, legal, environmental and technological factors that could affect demand for this holiday, evaluation of two competitor offers and market research with attached example questionnaire. The inclusive tour programme designed by the “Travel Wizards” is a ranch-based holiday in Arizona, USA tailored for novice and experienced horse riders. Several flight options are available from various departure points within UK to suit customers’ individual preferences. The accommodation are different types of ranches, varying between a working ranch, guest ranch, working/guest ranch or luxurious ranch with gourmet food. Customers can also choose the intensity of riding, as some may prefer a compromise between riding and spa treatments, tennis, golf or sightseeing stunning places, such as the Grand Canyon. The price for this holiday package are per person, based on a double occupancy available from 4 up to 14 nights. Flights, accommodation, meals, most of the ranch activities, taxes and transfers are included in the price. Research Report Political Factors Terrorism Threat – The terrorism threat is general...
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...in Managing Employment Relations Permanent: This is a contract where you are employed by the company with no fixed end date. All permanent contracts must include a Principal Statement detailing the following: * Your name and your employer’s name * Your job description * The start date of your employment * Your salary and salary pay date * Your hours of work * Holiday entitlements * Sick pay arrangements * Termination notice required from both parties * Information about disciplinary and grievance procedures * Pension scheme details As the contract is a mutual agreement signed copies should be kept. As permanent contracts are for an indefinite period the employer is obliged to add some flexibility into the contract such as working hours, employee benefits, maternity, paternity, pay rules and also details should they change working hours or location. A permanent employee could be employed in either a full time or part-time capacity and the hours agreed will be written into the contract. Temporary: This refers to an employment situation where the working arrangement is limited to a certain period of time based on the desire of the employer, the temporary worker is hired to assist employers to meet business demands but allows the employer to avoid the cost of hiring a permanent employee, it’s usually the employer that benefits from employing temporary workers. Temporary workers can also be employed on a full time or part time basis dependant...
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...China’s legal holidays China has seven legal holidays in a year, including New Year's Day, Spring Festival, Qingming Festival, May Day, Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Day and National Day. The table below provides a detailed list of 2014 / 2015 / 2016 public holidays. Hope it can help you make a good plan of your China tour. At the above seven festivals, Chinese people can enjoy days off. Besides, they celebrate four other festivals on which some people have a half day off - Women's Day, Youth Day, Children's Day and Army Day. According to the provisions of the current policy, laws, regulations, rules and regulations, workers leave mainly: The annual leave with pay: Regulations on paid annual leave for employees "the third stipulation: total staff has over 1 years and less than 10 years, annual leave 5 days; already full 10 year and less than 20 years, annual leave 10 days; already full 20 years, 15 days of annual leave. Sick leave: According to the "enterprise workers due to illness or non work related injury medical treatment period" (labor department regulations No. [1994]479) and other relevant provisions, ill or injured workers on sick leave holiday according to the actual work experience and in the units of work experience, given three months to twenty-four months period of medical treatment: 1) The actual working age below ten years, worked with the employer at the age of five years for the following three months; five years for six months. 2) The...
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...Holidays “All work and no play makes jack a dull boy” Just as water and food is necessary for our body similarly holidays are also important for a healthy mind and physique. They provide relief from monotony of our daily routine. They are important for our mental and emotional well being. They are not only meant for enjoying but also for pursuing our hobbies and interests. During holidays, leisure replaces work as a priority. You are filled with the enthusiasm to explore, travel and learn. There are no rules for getting up in the morning and going to school. We are our own rulers as we manage our time according to our own wish. We play, visit places, pursue our hobbies and are relaxed. Holidays bring back to us natural vigour and cheerfulness. They relieve us of mental worry. Holidays are essential for workers in every department of life. They enable us to resume our work with renewed zeal and energy. Rest is enjoyable when it follows hard and strenuous work and hard work becomes easy and enjoyable when it comes after holidays. Holidays donot mean idleness. They donot mean sleeping and gosssiping. Idleness is not a thing of enjoyment. It is the root cause of all sins and evils. It is truly said, “An idle man's brain is a devil's workshop”. Wish to explore nature is in everybody's heart and holidays are best time to fullfill this desire. God also encourage us to travel. Holy Quran says, “Travel through the earth and see how He began the creation” (29:20). During holidays we...
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...Rhea Balangawan HR23B 7:30-9:00 TTh January 14, 2014 BSBA-HRDM4 Manual on Labor Standards Minimum wage Republic Act No. 6727 (also known as the “Wage Rationalization Act”) mandates the fixing of the minimum wages applicable to different industrial sectors, namely, non-agriculture, agriculture plantation, and nonplantation, cottage/handicraft, and retail/service, depending on the number of workers or capitalization or annual gross sales in some sectors. The Rules Implementing RA 6727 define the industrial sectors as follows: “Agriculture” refers to farming in all its branches and, among others, includes the cultivation and tillage of the soil, production, cultivation, growing and harvesting of any agricultural or horticultural commodities, dairying, raising of livestock or poultry, the culture of fish and other aquatic products in farms or ponds, and any activities performed by a farmer or on a farm as an incident to or in conjunction with such farming operations, but does not include the manufacturing and/or processing of sugar, coconut, abaca, tobacco, pineapple, aquatic or other farm products. “Retail Establishment” is one principally engaged in the sale of goods to end-users for personal or household use. A retail establishment that regularly engages in wholesale activities loses its retail character. “Service Establishment” is one principally engaged in...
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...Recording, Analysing and Using Human Resources Information Activity 1 There are a number of reasons why we, as an HR team, collect different types of data. One of them is: meeting legal requirements. In order to satisfy legal obligations we collect such information as contract arrangements, employees’ duties, payments, working hours, holiday entitlements, bonuses, as well as documents relating to health and safety. It is important for the organization to timely provide accurate and valid data in order to avoid fees or other sanctions for the Inspections that can check any data regarding individual employees. Another reason for HR data collection is: providing the organization with information for decisions making. By analysing HR data we not only help our Members to understand how the organization is currently performing, what are the characteristics of its workforce and the effectiveness of its people policies, but also enable them to make and drive different people-based decisions and initiatives. Through effective management of individual employee records we identify trends in staff turnover, learning and development needs, recruitment and workforce planning helping our leaders to predict different situations. HR data collection and analysis enable us, as HR professionals, to speak to senior management in the language of business and support our role as a strategic partner by providing the data for strategic decision-making. We collect different types of HR...
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...Care is a venture that provides 24 hour home care services for children in DeKalb County. This facility provides child care services for up to 6 children from the age of 6 months to 12 years. The service also provides weekend and holiday care for parents who work non-traditional hours. There are 73 child care centers in a 35 mile radius from my location. There are franchised child care centers, regular child care centers and other home based child care centers. Only 4 of them provide 24 hour service, 2 of them provide weekend service but none of them provide holiday service. For parents who work non-traditional hours and on holidays, they are forced to seek additional childcare just for the weekends and holidays in order to care for their children. The market is not much competitive because not one of the 73 day cares provide holiday services. Due to the lack of time for themselves, daycare owners use holidays as a time to rest and bond with their own family members. This venture will ensure that their staffs receive constant training to remain up to date on the advances in child care whereby providing quality service. The target market will be fulltime working parents, college students, part-time working parents or drop-ins. Fulltime working parents will account for nearly 80 percent of the venture’s revenue. This venture will require $2, 500 monthly to break-even. With the combination of a unique service, trained staff and safe environment Keka’a Loving Care will...
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...Bargaining Simulation HRMT 2349: October 29, 2015 Raelene Dersch, Travis Jensen, Sahar Ghanem, Diana Machado Rules We, as a management team, agree to bargain in good faith. We understand that this does not mean that we have to compromise and shift our position to the point where your vital interests are seriously jeopardized. It does mean that we accept the opposing side as bargaining agents with the authority both to make and live up than an agreement. We understand that once an item is agreed upon, we can’t later on change our mind and revert to a less generous position than what you agreed to before. Marvo Metal Products Limited is a medium sized company in Edmonton Alberta that is primarily engaged in the manufacture of metal office furniture. We also produce a line of office components, including wall cabinets and drawers, work surfaces, office-machine surfaces, and wall panels, which used together in various combinations provide the modules for “office landscaping” systems. Marvo also manufactures a number of other stamped metal products, such as steel shelving, garage doors, and locks. The company owns approximately eight acres of property in the older industrial section of the city. On this property are located the plant and offices- which are housed in a fifty-year old, two-story building- warehouse facilities, employee parking, and spur line providing railway services. Employees at Marvo were unionized when the Fabricators applied to the Labour Relations board...
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...to source this could be because they are more well-known to the public and they would also be more financially able to advertise a post to get a larger range of applicants. Recruitment policies also have an effect ie recruiting from internal sources and external sources can affect the recruitment process. Generally recruitment through internal sources is preferred because own employees know the organisation and can fit well into the culture. The Image of the company has influence on the recruitment process. Good image of the company earned by the actions of management helps attract potential candidates. Managerial actions like good public relations can help earn image. Image of the job also has an affect such as better salaries and good working conditions are considered the characteristics of good image of a job. Also, promotion and personal development policies of an organisation also attract potential candidates. Some examples of external factors are Demographic factors; employees have a big influence on the recruitment process. Demographic factors include, age, sex, literacy, economic status etc. Labour market conditions have an affect ie supply and demand of labour is a huge importance in affecting recruitment process. If the demand is for more than one particular skill recruitment will be relatively easier. Unemployment situation has an effect. When the employment rate in an area is high, the recruitment process tends to be simpler. The number of applications is higher which...
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...Tenpin Guidance Leaflet This is a guidance leaflet aimed towards Tenpin employees it will give you knowledge and understanding regarding HR policies, procedures and guidance on high standards of conduct. Internal factors These can impact on the employment relationship (over and above statutory minimum) Probation- All new employees must complete and be successful in a three month probation period (management six months). All employees are subject to meet set criteria by their final review sign off in areas of:- * CPL on line training. Training in basic skills such as Safety at Work, Food Safety and Fire Awareness. Subject to minimum pass levels within these courses. * Measurements against minimum levels of absence, lateness and conduct. * Satisfactory references Employees are offered training and support through mentoring and regular reviews during this period in order to understand and achieve minimum levels in the above. Pay and Reward- Tenpin offers staff benefits and training to exceed minimum pay, currently above statutory minimum wage. These include:- * Completion of one of four basic pins to achieve minimum requirement, however staff that become multi-trained achieve Higher Grade Duty (HGD) of 25p per hour once successful and signed off by training mentor and manager. * Bonus payments scheme of successful achievement of 9/10 or higher of customer satisfaction review (Mystery Bowler, MB) measured against engagement and...
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...PORTFOLIO OF EVIDENCE The Student’s Name The Name of the Class Professor The Name of the University The city and State where it is Located The Date PORTFOLIO OF EVIDENCE Business Ethics is standards of guiding behavior of both an individual and the business. They are principles of acting ethically. When a company or an individual is acting morally, it means that they can make the right choice. Only by making a distinction between what is wrong and what is right (Carroll & Buchholtz, 2003). Business ethics is, therefore, meant to guide controversial issues in a company environment. These issues include corporate social responsibility, discrimination, unlawful practices, corporate governance, bribery or corruption, insider trading and other irresponsible business behaviors. Ethics is at times guided by local frameworks chosen by different companies. These structures act as a way of enhancing their image and public trust, but it is a requirement that values is guided by a duly constituted legal framework (Paliwal, 2006). This paper, therefore, discusses business ethics in an organizational context and also delves into ethical dilemmas, moral leadership, interpersonal skills and teamwork in an enterprise environment. Appendix A- The Ethical Leadership Debate Ethical leadership incorporates two key aspects. The first point refers to the way the leader treats and works with the subordinates...
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...Introduction/Objectives: Bike sharing data is a huge data used to do a research and predict the demand in future based on different attributed like wind speed, hour, peak time, humidity, temperature, season, holiday, working day. And, it is important to analyze so as to understand the duration of travel departure location, arrival location of different places. So, for the same we are using the bike share data with historical patterns in the Capital Bike share program in Washington, D.C. 3. Data Analysis/ explanation of data set: We are taking hourly data over the span of 2years .Then we split the data into 2 sets: Training data set which comprises of 10000 records and Testing Data set comprises of 6000 records. Training Data set: It is comprised of 1-19th days of each month Testing Data set: It is comprised of 19th to end of month So, we will predict the total bike demand in training data set for each hour and then we will test it on the testing data. 4. Attribute Explanation: Date time hourly date + timestamp Continuous Variable Season 1 = spring, 2 = summer, 3 = fall, 4 = winter Categorical Variable Holiday whether the day is considered a holiday whether the day is neither a weekend nor holiday Categorical Variable Working day Categorical Variable Weather 1: Clear, Few clouds, Partly Categorical Variable cloudy, Partly cloudy 2: Mist + Cloudy, Mist + Broken clouds, Mist + Few clouds, Mist 3:...
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...relationship There are several external and internal factors that might impact on the employment relationship such as the following examples: External Factors: 1. Given the state of the recession and how it might have affected an organisation’s finances, this has a large impact on the employment relationship i.e. due to cuts there be maybe redundancies, therefore leading to loss of jobs. 2. Another external factor that might impact on the employment relationship is the social impact. Organisations must be able to meet the demands of the business whilst managing the needs of their employees who due to social factors such as family etc. means organisations have to offer incentives such as flexible working, home-working or job sharing and other benefits such as holidays etc. in order remain competitive in order to attract candidates. Internal factors: 1. An internal factor that might impact on the employment relationship is the employment contract. ACAS notes: “A contract of employment is an agreement between an employer and employee and is the basis of the employment relationship”. ACAS also notes “A contract of employment will contain some terms such as: Statutory terms- “imposed, varied or regulated by law such as the minimum statutory notice period”. Express terms: “these are terms that have been specifically mentioned, either in writing or orally, and have been agreed by both employer and employee”. Implied terms: “these are terms that are not set out in writing...
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