Contemporary Issues in HRM

Any unwelcome sexual advance, unwelcome request for sexual favors or other unwelcome conduct of a sexual nature that makes a person feel intimidated is known as “sexual harassment”. Consensual interaction, flirtation or friendship does not come under sexual harassment. There are many forms of sexual harassment. The following are some examples of sexual harassment:  1. A supervisor expecting sexual advances from the subordinates.  2. Employees making sexual comments about female customers to co-workers  3. Making sexually explicit jokes  4. Pinching or fondling a coworker against his/her will  5. Male co-workers calling female co-workers by sexist terms.  6. Posting sexually explicit jokes on office intranet.  7. Sending sexually explicit e- mail to coworkers.  (Fraley, 2017) Chai Feldblum (the commissioner of equal employment opportunity commission) one had said “a good HR office is the linchpin for an employer’s effective s...

The term “industrial relations” has been replaced by the term “employee relation” for defining the relationship between employers and employees ER focuses on both individual and collective relationships in the work place, and it helps line managers to establish trust based relationships with employees. Business outcomes can be improved by creating a positive climate of employee relations with high levels of employee involvement, commitment and engagement.  (CIPD, 2017 ) The relationship among employers and employee is being re-imagined in a critical way because of the turbulent economic conditions. The results are as critical to the future of business as are advancement in marketing, financial management and technology.   (Ehrlich, 1994) The relationship between employer and employee should be mutually respectful. Both employer and employee should try to increase the closeness of the relationships. Some employers like to keep their employees at a distance to maintain the...

Talent management is the movement of recognizing, improving, hiring, maintaining and positioning ideal talented people those who have the extraordinary highlight of abilities and tendencies which enable them to perform successfully.  (Armstrong, 2009) According to the Lewis and Heckman (2006) there are considerable amount of definitions accessible for Talent Management. But some opinions remain that the definitions are unclear and lack of clarity Talent management alludes to the aptitudes of attracting highly skilled workers, of incorporating new workers and developing and retaining current workers to meet present and future business objectives. Talent management in this context doesn't refer to the management of performers. Organizations engaging in a talent management strategy move the responsibility of employees from the human resources department to all managers throughout the Company. LEAD Tennessee, for example, helps build a leadership pipeline by giving 130 employees...

Improvement of the workforce has developed to portray any of a for the most part extensive variety of national and global methodologies and projects identified with learning for work.  (Hawley, 2009) Training and development present a huge opportunity to broaden the learning base everything being equal, yet numerous businesses in the present environment discover change openings costly. Representatives going for training additionally pass up a major opportunity for work time which may postpone the fulfillment of allocated tasks. Anyway notwithstanding these potential disadvantages, preparing and advancement gives both the individual and associations all in all with benefits that make the cost and time an advantageous speculation. The landing on the venture from preparing and advancement of workers is to a great degree an easy decision. In the midst of an economic crisis, an association need to get the most out of their workforce with a keep up showcase predominance and proce...