(Manpower News, 2001) Other off-budget measures introduced by the Government include the employers' CPF contribution rate cut from 20% to the current contribution rate of 16%. ... Other cost-cutting measures include JTC rental rebates, a property tax cut of 2% and lowering of corporate tax rates especially for small medium enterprises. ... (Ang, Lee, Lim, Singh, Tan, 2000) Thus in this recession period, workers should take measures such as wage-cuts, bonus cut and wage freeze gracefully. ...

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The measure of motivation through expectation was a multiplicative score of expectancy, instrumentality, and valence, plus it used extrinsic outcomes. ... Learning, motivation to transfer, note taking behavior, and satisfaction with training served as the dependent measures. ... Upon completion of the training session, the trainees were asked to complete a learning measure and fill out two surveys. ... A 50-item questionnaire is given that measures six areas of training and development. ... After taking into account all the information given, looking back at the first hypothesis, considera...

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This proves that it is indeed very difficult to measure the extent of discrimination at work places easily and directly. Fortunately, the method of field experiment give the researchers, the chance to measure the extent of discrimination through direct means. ...

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Employers, on the other hand, argue that the need to monitor employee e-mail communications is imperative in order to investigate employees work related activities and prevent theft, insider trading or other illegal conduct, as well as to measure productivity, efficiency and quality control. ... There are measures which employers should take to avoid or minimize future battles with employees regarding employer monitoring. ...

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Establish objective measures to monitor applicant pool in the recruitment process, this enables employers to identify how many candidates were female or minorities. 3. ... Design or acquire test to measure and evaluate all KSA's . ...

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The pros to this measure of action are that there will be no invasion of the privacy by the management on what person things an employee does on his or her specifically assigned computer. ... If no one is watching over the actions of each specific employee it will be almost impossible to ever find the specific employee's that are using their assigned computers for non-work related measures. ...

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To measure job satisfaction, a questionnaire comprising a slightly modified form of a popular job satisfaction questionnaire was used. ... Method The questionnaire To measure job satisfaction, a questionnaire comprising a slightly modified form of the job satisfaction questionnaire of Oswald Neuberger.... The questionnaire comprises one of the most popular measures of job satisfaction and has been found to produce highly reliable results. The questionnaire used in this study includes 100 questions, and employed nine scales designed to measure satisfaction with respect to different comp...

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By studying the relationship between absenteeism and levels of education, it is possible to establish a good basis for putting forward more specific measures to treat the absence rather than the overall measure which is often used in absence analyses. The outcome variables in the age analysis comprised partly a summary measure of the 'total' change in absence, and partly measures of the changes in both short and long-term absence. ...

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As total quality management engulfs each aspect of the organization aiming at improving efficiency, the requirement of a good workforce if left neglected would not only result in incomplete objectives but also poor quality measures adopted by the company. ... Thus, in analyzing a job, an attempt is made to measure various aspects of that job. As mentioned previously, effective measurement requires reliable and valid measures. ... The third purpose, for which job analysis is used, is in the development of selection criteria, criterion measures and predictors. ...

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They were used to support the undervaluation indication suggested by the relative purchasing powers measures. ... These chronic and acute problems meant that the economists would not use short-run measures alone expecting to be successful. ... The Swedish system of industrial relations used several measures to meet and overcome external and internal challenges that faced them. ...

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The 1998 Waterfront Dispute was described by John Howard as "a defining moment in Australia's industrial relations history." Do you agree with this statement? Support your view by discussing the events and outcomes of this dispute. John Howard's comment on the 1998 Waterfront dispute between the Mar...

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Good communication within a company is an essential requirement, along with a balanced approach to ensure, that reporting in sick is not too simple and preventative measures are focused on the person and the work concerned. Employers are introducing various measures to try to control absence rates such as 'return to work' interviews, contacting staff at home, and absence review or 'counselling' meetings. ...

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This policy would be effective because the results are more immediate than indirect measures, such as training and cultural awareness programs. ... The drawbacks of this policy are that it is more difficult to direct, implement and measure the effectiveness of it. ...

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A critical factor related to an organization's long-term success is its ability to measure how well employees perform and to use that information to ensure that performance meets present standards and improves over time . ... Additionally, the assessment tool should include a Objective Measure as an element to assess employees, especially if they are evaluated in terms of numbers: in this case Rob's direct contribution to market share, company ranking and number of new clients he recruited. ...

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In order to see one's company flourish and then grow steadily, it must have effective leadership that is tailored to the company's needs. Leaders must be able to teach their team to perform with the company's vision in mind while instilling the values of team work, collaborative problem solving, cri...

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The measures that ought to have been adopted included having an understandable strategy and vision for the team and helping the employees in terms of career development. The measures also included the idea of being results oriented and productive. ...

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Urine tests are the most popular way of testing for drugs in the workplace, but they do not measure an employee's job performance and even if the test were positive it provides no evidence of present intoxication. ... It is designed to measure a candidate's innate capacities in specific areas. ... It is designed to measure very small changes in heartbeat, skin temperature, and dryness. ...

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To minimize the amount of employee turnover during an acquisition the manager needs to review; the conditions that lead to turnover, how to research and track turnover, evaluating measures to prevent turnover, exit interviews to capture data on employees who choose to leave as a result of the acquisition and recommendations for strategies on how to deal with turnover. ...

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The American Federation of Labor (AFL) or Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), to which only the IWW remained allied with WTUL.4 Even with support from a nationally recognized and well supported organization, women were pushed to take extreme measures when their words would not phase those of political authority. ...

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The Vision 2005 Statement is composed of leadership goals, proportionate representation goals, and monitor, measure, and communicate goals. ... Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu is very committed to monitoring, measuring, and communicating with its employees, as can be seen through its previous goals for the Vision 2005 Statement. ...

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Firms can carry out two important measures that would reduce the potential damage to their ethical reputation, giving worker a freedom of speech and corporate code of conduct. ... After analyzing the views from their employees the firms can further carry another measure that is implementing a corporate code of a conduct. ...

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Significance Worker retention incorporates taking measures to rouse staff members to stay in the organization for the greatest time of time. The organization is confronting a considerable measure of issues in specialist maintenance nowadays. ...

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Though it would be virtually impossible to eliminate the problem of sexual harassment completely, various measures have been proposed as an attempt to lessen the growing problem. ... The proposed measures fail to cover all aspects of harassment, though the truth is, it is virtually impossible to formulate a plan to do so. ...

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Workplace surveillance has become increasingly popular over the past few years, and there are now numerous methods that can be used to monitor employees, these include: Hidden Cameras; Keyboard Monitoring (counting keystrokes, eg. data-entry); Undercover Workers (similar to spies); Telephone...

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They used two different measures of employment: total employment and total hours worked. They also used two different measures of the impact of the minimum wage: the initial proportion below the NMW, and the wage gap. ...

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