employers' organization

Examples of employers' organization in the following topics:

• Employment in Finance

  • The financial sector is a large field offering many different types of employment for a broad range of organizations that manage money.
  • The financial sector is a large field offering many different types of employment.
  • Financial services encompasses a broad range of organizations that manage money, including banks, credit unions, credit card companies, insurers, consumer finance companies, stock brokerages, investment funds, some government sponsored enterprises, and other financial institutions, including peer-to-peer lending platforms.
  • Growth in microfinance and microcredit has also opened up employment opportunities in finance both in the US and abroad .
  • Muhammad Yunus is a banker who grew a field in microcredit and microfinance, opening up new types of financial employment.

• Labor Laws

  • Both types of labor law define employment standards.
  • Labor laws arose from workers' demands for better working conditions and the right to organize (or, alternatively, the right to work without joining a labor union) and the simultaneous demands of employers to restrict the powers of workers' organizations and to keep labor costs low.
  • Employers' costs can increase due to workers organizing to achieve higher wages, or as a result of laws imposing costly requirements (such as health and safety) or restrictions on their free choice of whom to hire.
  • Workers' organizations, such as labor unions, can also transcend purely industrial disputes and gain political power.
  • It prohibits employment discrimination on the basis of race or color, religion, sex, and national origin, by public and private employers, labor organizations, training programs, and employment agencies.

• Collective Bargaining

  • Collective bargaining is negotiation between unions and employers to come to an agreement on the conditions of employment.
  • In collective bargaining, the process of negotiation between employees and employers, employees attempt to achieve employment conditions that serve their shared interests.
  • This act makes it illegal for employers to discriminate, spy on, harass, or terminate the employment of workers because of their union membership.
  • It also makes it illegal for employers to retaliate against employees who engage in organizing campaigns or form company unions or to refuse to engage in collective bargaining with the union that represents their employees.
  • It is also illegal to require any employee to join a union as a condition of employment.

• Health Care in the U.S.

  • Most Americans under age 65 (59.3%) receive their health insurance coverage through an employer (which includes both private, as well as civilian public-sector employers) under group coverage, although this percentage is declining.
  • Most Americans under age 65 (59.3%) receive their health insurance coverage through an employer (which includes both private as well as civilian public-sector employers) under group coverage, although this percentage is declining.
  • Insurance is provided by large-risk bearing corporate entities, which organize healthcare delivery by negotiating pricing and services with provider (physicians and hospitals) organizations.
  • Most Americans under age 65 (59.3%) receive their health insurance coverage through an employer (which includes both private, as well as civilian public-sector employers) under group coverage, although this percentage is declining.
  • Around 84.7% of Americans have some form of health insurance; either through their employer or the employer of their spouse or parent (59.3%), purchased individually (8.9%), or provided by government programs (27.8%; there is some overlap in these figures).

• Case: China establishes a new employment contract law for 2008

  • In an effort to promote better employment relationships between employers and employees, and establish stricter guidelines for Employment practices, the Peoples Republic of China (PRC) passed a new employment contract law in June 2007 which became effective on January 1, 2008.
  • This law requires all employers to enter into contracts with their employees within 30 days of full-time employment and sets out guidelines for their implementation.
  • If an employer hires an employee whose contract with another employer has not yet been terminated or ended, causing the other employer to suffer a loss, it shall be jointly and severally liable with the employee for damages.
  • A contractor hiring employees in violation of the law who suffer harm will result in joint liability for the organization that employed such contractor and the contractor.
  • The new employment contract law will enhance employees' rights in striving for better employment terms and working conditions.

• A Brief Definition

  • Through collective bargaining, employers and employees negotiate the conditions of employment.
  • Factory workers may unionize and use collective bargaining to determine a wage rate that is mutually beneficial to the workers and the employers.
  • Article 23 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights identifies the ability to organize trade unions as a fundamental human right.
  • The parties often refer to the result of the negotiation as a collective bargaining agreement (CBA) or as a collective employment agreement (CEA).
  • A collective agreement functions as a labor contract between an employer and one or more unions.

• Labor Union Impacts on Equilibrium

  • Unions are organizations of workers that seek to improve working conditions and raise the equilibrium wage rate.
  • A labor union is an organization of workers who have banded together to achieve common goals.
  • The primary activity of the union is to bargain with the employer on behalf of union members and negotiate labor contracts.
  • If employers (those who demand labor) have an inelastic demand for labor, the increase in wages (the price of labor) will not translate into a drop in employment (quantity of labor supplied).
  • As an organized body, unions are also active in the political realm.

• Americans with Disabilities Act

  • The ADA makes it illegal to discriminate against people with disabilities in employment, public transportation, and communications.
  • It would be undue hardship for the company to install an elevator, but the employer has another option.
  • The employer is responsible for moving the location of the interview to a reasonable accommodation.
  • It covers all employment practices, including application procedures, hiring, firing, advancement, compensation, training, and other terms, conditions, and privileges of employment.
  • The ADA applies to private employers, state and local governments, employment agencies, and labor unions.

• Norris–La Guardia Act

  • The Norris–LaGuardia Act removed certain legal and judicial barriers against the activities of organized labor in the United States.
  • Sanitary Grocery Co., in which, in an opinion authored by Justice Owen Roberts, the Court held that the act meant to prohibit employers from proscribing the peaceful dissemination of information concerning the terms and conditions of employment by those involved in an active labor dispute, even when such dissemination occurs on employer property.
  • It also established as United States law that employees should be free to form unions without employer interference, and also withdrew from the federal courts jurisdiction relative to the issuance of injunctions in nonviolent labor disputes.
  • The three provisions include protecting worker's self-organization and liberty, removing jurisdiction from federal courts, and outlawing the "yellow dog" contract.
  • Sanitary Grocery Co., in which the Court held that the Act prohibits employers from barring the peaceful dissemination of information concerning the terms and conditions of employment by those involved in an active labor dispute, even when such dissemination occurs on employer property.

• Unions

  • Unionization is the process of workers forming a union, which is an organization to further the workers' shared interests.
  • Human resource professionals deal with the employees of an organization and, therefore, the unions as well.
  • A labor union is an organization of workers who have banded together to achieve common goals.
  • The other exception is a last resort—it allows the NLRB to order an employer to recognize a union if over 50% have signed cards and the employer has engaged in unfair labor practices, making a fair election unlikely.
  • The labor union, through its leadership, bargains with the employer on behalf of union members and negotiates labor contracts (collective bargaining) with employers.