An employer is a person or Security Manager Job institution that hires employees or workers. Employers offer wages or a salary to the workers in exchange for the Security Manager Job worker's labor power, Security Manager Job depending upon whether the employee is Security Manager Job paid by the hour or a set rate per pay Security Manager Job period. A salaried employee is typically not paid more for more hours worked than the minimum, whereas wages are paid for all hours worked, including overtime.
Employers include everything from Security Manager Job individuals hiring a babysitter to governments and businesses which may Security Manager Job hire many Security Manager Job thousands of employees. In most western societies governments are the largest single employers, but most of the work force Security Manager Job is employed in small and medium businesses in the private sector.
Note that although employees may contribute to the evolution of an an enterprise, the employer maintains autonomous control over the Security Manager Job productive base of land and capital, and is the entity Security Manager Job named in contracts. The employer typically also maintains ownership of intellectual property created by an employee within the scope of employment and as Security Manager Job a function thereof. These are known as "works for hire".
An employers� relative level of power over employees is dependent upon numerous factors; the most influential being the nature of Security Manager Job the employment relationship. The relationship employers share with employees is affected by three significant factors � interests, control and motivation. It is up to employers to effectively manage and balance these factors to ensure a harmonious Security Manager Job and productive working relationship.
The balance of economic efficiency and Security Manager Job social equity is the ultimate debate in the field of employment relations. By meeting the needs Security Manager Job of the employer; generating profits Online Part Time Job to establish and Security Manager Job maintain economic efficiency; whilst Security Manager Job maintaining a balance with the employee and creating social equity that benefits the worker so Security Manager Job that he/she can fund and enjoy Security Manager Job healthy living; Security Manager Job proves to be a continuous revolving issue in westernised societies.
Globalisation has effected these issues by creating certain economic factors Security Manager Job that disallow or allow various employment issues. Economist Edward Security Manager Job Lee (1996) studies the effects of globalisation and summarizes the four major points of concern Security Manager Job that effect employment relations: (1) International competition, from the newly industrialized countries, will cause unemployment growth and increased Security Manager Job wage disparity for unskilled workers in industrialized countries. Imports Security Manager Job from low-wage countries Security Manager Job exert pressure on the manufacturing Medical Record Job Description sector Security Manager Job in industrialized countries and foreign direct investment (FDI) is attracted away from the industrialized nations, towards low-waged countries. Security Manager Job (2) Economic liberalization will result in unemployment and wage inequality in developing countries. This happens as job losses in un-competitive industries outstrip job opportunities in new industries. Workers will be forced to accept worsening wages and conditions, as a Job Core Locations global labour Blow Job Drink market Security Manager Job results in a �race to the bottom�. Increased international competition creates a pressure to reduce the wages and conditions of workers. Globalization reduces the autonomy of the nation state. Security Manager Job Capital is increasingly mobile and the Security Manager Job ability of the state to regulate economic activity is reduced.
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What also result�s to Lee�s (1996) findings is that in industrialized countries an average of almost 70 per cent of workers are Security Manager Job employed in the service sector, most of which consists of Educational Technology Director Job Description non-tradable activities. As a result workers Security Manager Job are Security Manager Job either forced Security Manager Job to become more skilled an develop sought after trades or Security Manager Job become of this sector. Ultimately Security Manager Job this is a result of changes and trends of employment, an evolving workforce and globalisation that is represented by a more skilled and increasing highly diverse labour force, that are growing in non standard forms of employment
Interests can be best described as monetary constraints and economic pressures placed on organizations in Security Manager Job their pursuit of profits. It covers facets such as labour productivity, wages Security Manager Job and Security Manager Job the effect of financial markets Security Manager Job on businesses.
Wood et al (2004, p 355) describe control can Security Manager Job as being either Security Manager Job output focused, focusing on desired targets Security Manager Job with within managers defining, and using, their own methods for reaching targets, or Security Manager Job process controls, which specify the manner in which tasks Security Manager Job will be achieved Security Manager Job (Ibid, p. 357). Employer and Security Manager Job managerial control within an organization Security Manager Job rests at many levels and has important Security Manager Job implications Security Manager Job for staff and productivity alike, with control forming the fundamental link between desired outcomes and actual processes. Thus employers must Security Manager Job balance interests such Security Manager Job as decreasing wage constraints with a maximization of labour productivity in order to achieve a prolific employment relationship.
Motivation is the Security Manager Job third Security Manager Job and most difficult of Security Manager Job the factors in Security Manager Job the Security Manager Job employment relationship for employers to effectively manage. Employee motivation can often be in direct conflict with control mechanisms of employers, and Security Manager Job can be broadly defined as that which Free Blank Job Application energizes, directs and sustains human behaviour ( Stone, 2005, p 412). Dubin (1958, Job Transfer Request p 213) further elaborates on this, noting motivation as Security Manager Job �something that moves a person Security Manager Job to action, and continues him in the course of action already initiated.�
The employment relationship is thus a difficult challenge for employers to manage, as all three facets are often in direct competition with each other, with interests, control and Security Manager Job motivation Security Manager Job often clashing in the equally important quest for individual Security Manager Job employee autonomy ,employer Security Manager Job command and Security Manager Job ultimate profits. |
