Business and Economics

MGC2430 – Human Resource ManagementTutorial Week 6

The Law & Industrial Relations

Agenda for the Day Review Group Presentation Topics

Discussion for readings

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Group Presentations– W10: Alexis, Srinath, Marc, Sarah

• HR issue: Retention of Employees at (xyz)

• Target: • Company: BHP (need to change

– W10: Tracey, Sanduni, Tim, James Kroph• HR issue: Recruitment & Selection / Motivation & Rewards • Target:

• Company: Qantas

– James Cameron & co• HR issue: HRD and Career Planning Target: • Target: employees with family responsibilities• Company: ANZ

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The Law and IR HR Context

– Harvard & SHRM models assume that HRM settings and strategy are contingent on organizational strategy developed in response to external factors

– Turbulent business environment over the last decade (9/11, GFC..)

– Changing perspectives (anti-discrimination, push for equality)

HRM’s Legal context

– In Australia largely focused on Industrial Relations (IR)– HRM – managing human assets– IR – addressing the larger institutional context

• Collective bargaining / Unions / Industrial Law• Key changes Work Choices (2005/2006), FWA (2009)

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Guided Reading Discussion Key HR Issues : Legal Context of HRM, and Industrial Relations

Key focus group: Women with families in the workplace

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Forbes Survey Results 84% of working women told ForbesWoman and TheBump that staying

home to raise children is a financial luxury they aspire to.

one in three resent their partner for not earning enough to make that dream a reality.

44% of stay at home mothers say their partners make them feel as if they are not pulling their financial weight.

Source: Forbes.com

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Fair Work Act What does the FWA say about it ? (FWA link)

Workplace Gender Equality Agency Census Result

– Few women in Leadership Positions in Australia

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Group discussion questions:1. What does this article have to do with HRM? Anti-discrimination law?

Industrial relations law?

2. What are the HRM implications of the findings from this study?

3. From an HRM perspective, what might you suggest to remedy the situation?

4. Do the findings from the study resonate with your experience as a young person in the workplace?

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Next Week Do your readings!

– Development and Career Planning– Think of examples

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Next Week Do your readings!

– Development and Career Planning– Think of examples

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