Contents
- Introduction to human resource management functions
- Key changes of work choices
- The nature of employment contracts
- New unfair dismissal laws
- Reduced employee industrial action power
- Human resource functions
- Work-choices and the human resource management functions
- Evaluation of workplace relations
- Conclusion
- References
Description
November 2005 marked an era of significant change within work places Australia wide with the introduction of the Workplace Relations Act 1996. The Work choice legislation has affected the human resource management (HRM) functions in several aspects including staffing, performance evaluation, training and industrial relations. The legislation covers three key changes of work place agreements, unfair dismissal laws and the union power. In relation to the human resource functions seek to improve and sustain the employee motivation to assist in achieving the organization’s goals and objectives.