Introducing
Your new presentation assistant.
Refine, enhance, and tailor your content, source relevant images, and edit visuals quicker than ever before.
Trending searches
A CASE STUDY OF GRANT OFFICE LTD
270
A CASE STUDY OF
GRANT OFFICE LTD.
SLIDES
Inderjeet singh
Prabhjot kaur
Prerna garg
Suman
TABLE OF CONTENT
- Introduction of collective agreement
- Importance of collective Bargaining
- Case overview
- Question of the case
- Solution of the conflict
- Conclusion
4
HISTORY
1
The term "collective bargaining" was first used in 1891 by Beatrice Webb, a founder of the field of industrial relations in Britain. it refers to the sort of collective negotiations and agreements that had existed since the rise of trade unions during the 18th century.
Collective Agreement
A collective agreement, collective labour agreement or collective bargaining agreement is a written contract negotiated through collective bargaining for employees by one or more trade unions with the management of a company that regulates the terms and conditions of employees at work.
Collective Agreement
Importance of collective Bargaining
2
- Collective bargaining developes a sense of self respect and responsibility among the employees
- It increase the strength of the workforce, thereby, increasing their bargaining capacity as a group.
- Collective bargaining increases the morale and productivity of employees
- It restricts Management's freedom for arbitrary action against the employees. Moreover, unilateral actions by the employer are also discouraged.
- Effective collective bargaining machinery strengthens the trade unions movement.
Grant Office Ltd. manufactures office equipment including filing cabinets, desks and cabinets. The production employees at the company are represented by a union. The only terms of the collective agreement that are relevant to the situation below are as follows:
Case overview
3
• Article 1 The Company agrees that work normally performed by employees within the bargaining unit shall continue to be so performed by bargain unit employees. However, the union recognizes that the flexibility necessary to the Company’s operations requires that such work be carried out from time to time, for varying periods of time, by employees not within the bargaining unit. This will not be exercised in such a way as to cause the layoff or permanent replacement or reduction in the regular earnings of any bargaining unit member.
• Article 2.01 Seniority with the Company shall continue to accrue during an employee’s period of layoff, as long as the employee remains eligible for recall. An employee on layoff shall not be entitled to any benefit conferred by this Agreement on regular employees, except as specifically provided for in this Agreement.
• Article 2.02 When work again becomes available in a classification, the laid-off and displaced employees shall be recalled in accordance with their bargaining unit seniority provided the employee is able to do the work available.
Question of the case
1.
i. What is meant by the term “bargaining unit work”?
ii. In Article 1, how would this term apply?
2.
i. What is meant by seniority and why do unions prefer it to be included in a collective agreement?
ii. What is the significance of seniority in this case?
3. What is the “value” of paragraphs (1) and (2) in the letter of understanding to both the union and the employer in this case?
4. Do you think management representatives could successfully use Article 1 in the agreement to defend their decision to contract with General Maintenance Company? Why?
Solutions of the case
5
1 Bargaining unit
i. A bargaining unit, in labor relations, is a group of employees with a clear and identifiable
community of interests who are (under U.S. law) represented by a single labor union in
collective bargaining and other dealings with management. Examples would be non-
management professors, law enforcement professionals, blue-collar workers, clerical
and administrative employees, etc.
Bargaining unit work
Bargaining Unit Work means work normally and currently being performed by the bargaining
unit and related to the day to day operation, cleaning and maintenance of buildings and
equipment and the operation of such equipment owned or leased by the Employer but
excluding the replacement of buildings.
1.
2.
In article 1 there is conflict between the thinking of company and unionized employees who
perform the work in bargaining unit which reflects that there is absence of perfect bargaining work
because the company recognize that work normally performed by employees within the bargaining unit
shall continue to be so performed by bargain unit employees whereas the union consider that flexibility
is necessary to do the work time to time which is also a demand of the perfect bargaining unit thus by
excluding the thinking of management this term will be apply properly.
3.
.i. Seniority is the concept of a person or group of people taking precedence over another
person or group because the former is either older than the latter or has occupied a particular
position longer than the latter.
One of the primary reasons i.e. seniority is important
to unions and union workers is that it can determine the pay, benefits and jobresponsibilities of workers. Unionized workers might be subject to pay scales based
upon seniority. ... Seniority also may affect benefits such as vacation time.
ii. In this case seniority is defined well but not accurately because the employees
who are on layoff not anymore eligible for the seniority benefits according to the
agreement between the company and the employees whereas as
beforementioned the seniority covers the period of time whether employees
serving the companies with his/her services or not.
4.
no, the union representatives do not defend themselves under article1 in this agreement
because they are not able to hire new employees with general maintenance company instead of
recall laid off employees from which of them are also with the department of painting.
Conclusion