that they are or are not a member of a labor union or other labor organization. The Texas Labor Code has five titles: General Provisions‚ Protection of Laborers‚ Employer-Employee Relations‚ Employment Services and Unemployment‚ and Workers’ Compensation (Texas Statue‚ 2013). The Texas Labor Code covers all aspects of employment. Title II (Protection of Labors) covers wages and discrimination. Being noncompliant can result in a civil action being brought by the employee‚ which can result in a
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ETHICAL COMPENSATION Final Paper Kyle McCluskey August 13th‚ 2010 Ethical Compensation The definition of ethical compensation is that the standards‚ principles or rules that give guidelines for morally correct behavior and for honesty in payment and reward of employees. Intellectuals feel that ethics involve more than just legal observance. Managers on the other hand choose to do more than the law requires. Some feel it is a sense of fairness or because it makes sense economically
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HUMR 427 FINAL EXAM ESSAY QUESTIONS COMPENSATION ADMINISTRATION 1.) Exempt jobs are not subject to provisions of the FLSA with respect to minimum wage and overtime. Exempt employees include most executives‚ administrators‚ professionals‚ and outside sales representatives. Nonexempt employees are those who are subject to the provisions of the FLSA. To qualify for any of the preceding exemption categories‚ all of the pertaining tests must be met. Because of their duties‚ responsibilities‚ and
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level of CEO’s compensation and firms’ performance. Before the enactment of the Sarbanes-Oxley legislation (SOX thereafter)‚ which regulates the unethical wrongdoings‚ CEOs enjoyed unreasonable high remuneration despite of their mediocre performance. The overall focus of this report is to identify the relationship between CEO’s compensation and performance of the company‚ and figure out whether the Sarbanes-Oxley legislation has an impact on it. Using a sample of CEO compensation and firm performance
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Illustration: Compensation Salt Water Ltd. Salt Water Ltd is a large and successful manufacturer of engines. The company consists of two divisions: the Automotive Engine division and the Outboard Motor Division. Salt Water has recently acquired a new company which will become a third division. The new Couch division is a small manufacturer of lawnmower motors. It has been owned and managed by the one person for 40 years. The prior owner treated all employees as part of his family. The company was
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1. Write the names of four movies or books that feature the following conflicts. Briefly describe the conflict. (Identify two for each type of conflict) a. External conflict The Matrix External – The human race are slaves to Artificial Intelligence. Speechless External – Protagonists are working as speech writers for opposing political parties - Heroine has a fiancé b. Internal conflict Pretty woman Internal – She wants the fairytale and he doesn’t know if he can provide it. Titanic Internal
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Proposal on a Compensation and Benefits Plan Sonia Miranda Sandra Gonzalez HRM/531 Management July 11‚ 2011 Devin Daugherty Proposal on a Compensation and Benefits Plan Globalization and economy downturn are forcing companies’ to structure their benefit programs differently. Before some companies had a wide array of compensation for employees‚ but that has changed and these companies had to find ways to cut cost of benefits offer to new employees and find new programs to retain
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corporate governance practices is a function of a firm’s financial performance. In Singapore for example‚ a relatively developed economy‚ a recent report showed a widening gap between companies with strong and weak corporate governance policies. But it is when crisis occurs when the defects in corporate governance are seen. Learning curves for the adoption of scorecards and best practices for corporate governance are a tad high‚ and maybe difficult for several companies to implement. Dr.
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Challenges Facing Mega-cities Access to Formal and Informal Employment There are high levels of unemployment and under-employment in all the mega-cities of the developing world. This is because there just aren’t enough jobs in urban markets to account for the vast number of people requiring them. It is estimated by the International Labour Organisation (ILO) that 20-25% of adults in urban areas of developing world cities are without regular employment. Jobs are desperately needed for people
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Denrell‚ J.‚ 2005‚ ‘Should we be impressed with High Performance?’‚ Journal of Management Inquiry‚ Vol. 14‚ No. 3‚ pp. 292-298. This article discusses the common assumption that high performing firms have efficient management and organisational processes thus differentiating themselves from lower performing firms. The article argues that this actually may not be the case and that high performance in firms may actually be the outcome from several variables such as: economic factors; luck; risk
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