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Issue Termination Letter For Employee Dismissal

December 4th, 2011

If you find the work performance of your employee not satisfactory, what options do you have to terminate his service? You can issue a Termination Letter to the employee, for his dismissal from the employment.

An employer may have to issue Termination Letter for Employee Dismissal for different reasons, such as poor or non work performance, misconduct, negligence, late arrival at the work everyday, absence from the job duty, redundancy and so on. But, it is to be noted that, removing the worker from the active service is not so easy because, there are provisions in Employment Act, which protects the right of the employees and certain clauses have to be followed, for maintaining employees’ relation.

There are also chances that, the dismissed or dissatisfied employee may create problems, which may draw penalty for the employer from the Employment Law. The affiliation of the employee with the worker union is also important aspect, an employer must give due consideration because, the union may create unnecessary harassment and troubles for the removal of the employee.

Thus, it is advisable that, before terminating the service of the worker, the employer should consult labor experts, trade union and fully comply with the provisions of the Employment Law. The employer can also tender advance termination notice and compensation to the employee, as stipulated in the Employee Hiring Agreement. » Read more: Issue Termination Letter For Employee Dismissal

Collective Bargaining

December 4th, 2011

Many things have changed over the last 20 to 30 years in American culture. Some of the changes include the advancement of technology and the industry shift from production to service. As history has shown, unequal pay and treatment of employees has transformed employment an unbiased opportunity for the American dream to a dog-eat-dog world.

Many companies believe their employees should be happy with a paycheck at the end of the week, while employees want more than just a paycheck. Thus many new laws and the formation of a Union came forth.

During the 1930s, labor union membership in the United States increased rapidly, aided by the Wagner Act of 1935, which had protected the right of workers to organize and strike. Conservatives cited a coal miners’ strike during World War II and a wave of strikes across many industries after the war as evidence that labor unions had become too powerful and unrestrained.

In 1946 Republicans won control of both the House and Senate for the first time since 1930. Senator Robert A. Taft, Sr. (Republican-Ohio), chair of the Senate Labor and Public Welfare Committee, and Representative Fred Hartley, Jr. (Republican-New Jersey), chair of the House Education and Labor Committee, sponsored the Labor-Management Relations Act of 1947 to regulate union activities. Their legislation became known as the Taft-Hartley Act. (Hartman)

Passed over President Harry Trum’s veto, the Taft-Hartley Act allowed states to enact “right to work” laws to outlaw closed shops, companies where only union members could be employed. Taft-Hartley also prohibited jurisdictional strikes, in which different unions struck a company to determine which one would represent its workers, and barred communists from serving as union officers. Taft-Hartley gave Presidents the right to seek a federal court injunction to call off strikes for an 80-day “cooling off” period. This would allow work to continue while management and labor negotiated a contract. Although highly controversial, and strongly opposed by labor unions, the Republican-sponsored Taft-Hartley Act has remained largely unchanged by later Democratic majorities in Congress. (Byars & Rue, 2004, p. 381). » Read more: Collective Bargaining