MHR 523 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Fide, Reasonable Accommodation, James Goodnight
25 Apr 2017
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2 million unfilled jobs in ontario by 2031 due to skills mismatch: 77% of jobs will require post-secondary training, 66% of workforce will have post-secondary training. New technologies: twitter, facebook, videoconferencing concerns over data control, accuracy, right to privacy, and ethics computerized monitoring of e-mail, voice mail, telephone conversations, computer usage, and behavior. Discuss the internal and external environmental factors affecting human resources management policies and practices and explain their impact. Ensure policies and practices comply with new and changing laws covering: human rights, employment standards, labour relations, occupational health and safety, workers" compensation. Hr professionals must become familiar with employment legislation in other countries and manage ethical dilemmas when labour standards are lower than those in canada. Topics of increasing importance: sustainability, climate change, global warming, pollution, carbon footprints, extinction of wildlife species, ecosystem fragility. Internal influences: organizational culture core values, beliefs and assumptions. Often conveyed through an organization"s mission statement.
