Human Resource Management 2

A position usually becomes or is vacant in an organisation because of:

• the creation of the position as a brand new post, due to company expansion

• the current holder of the position being promoted to a higher position

• the position being vacated because of retirement, resignation, death or dismissal

• all of the above

Deployment is:

• causing an employee to become unemployed, i.e. dismissing an employee

• making an employee work fewer hours, in order to pay them less

• moving employees around to other jobs within the organisation, according to the skills and abilities of those employees and the needs of the organisation

• recruiting more employees in order to help the company expand its operation

The legislation in Caribbean countries which sets standards for health and safety provisions in the workplace is usually called

• trade union acts

• equal opportunities acts

• truckers acts

• occupational safety and health act (OSHA)

Workers' Compensation Acts provide for:

• A basic minimum wage for all workers doing a particular type of job in a particular country

• Workers being compensated financially when their place of work closes down due to economic crisis or bad management

• Workers being compensated financially for injuries they may sustain in the normal course of their duties at work

• Workers being compensated financially by the government if they are off sick from work for a year or more

A job (a)   summarises the key facts relating to the job including the job title, the main duties and responsibilities.

Reducing the applications to a selected few for interview is called (a)   .

Employee (a)   is the rate at which employees enter and leave an organisation.

One internal factor which contributes to employee turnover is (a)  

One external factor that contributes to employee turnover is (a)  

The aim of the (a)   Act is primarily to ensure that anyone who works in a place where goods are manufactured will be protected.