1. Go to SAS’s Website and review the benefits offered by this company by scrolling down to the middle of the web page and clicking the “Benefits” tab. Next, determine whether or not these types of benefits would motivate you as an employee for a long-term commitment. Support your reasoning.
Determine whether or not these benefits you reviewed could create more of a balance between family and work. Provide at least two examples to support your reasoning.
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Benefits that SAS offers to its employees:
Career, the company culture values its employees and it offers them with a wide-range of benefits including a good working environment, opportunity to advance their careers; casual dress code; and development and training opportunities. Life/Work, the company provides its employees with the time they need so that they can balance their life and work. This is accomplished by offering employees a flexible schedule, paid time-off plans, paid sick days, company vacations, paid holidays, and funeral, military, and jury duty leaves. Finances, SAS also helps employees plan for their future through company-paid life insurance, competitive pay, Estate, Retirement, and Financial planning seminars as well as SAS Retirement plan such as Rollovers, 401(K) and profit sharing.
Health, some of the benefits that the company offers include comprehensive vision, dental, and mental plans for both part-time and full-time employees; long-term and short-term Disability plans, health care flexible spending account. It also provides on-site fitness and recreational center as well as health care centers. Employee Assistance Program to address staff personal matters. Family Benefits. some of the benefits offered under this category include flexible work schedules, paid paternity leave, family sick days, family medical leave, adoption assistance, domestic partner benefits, and dependable care flexible spending plans and other extras.
As per the analysis of SAS company benefits, it is obvious that I as an employee for the company I will be motivated for a long-term commitment. This makes me as employees feel valued in the firm and hence my personal development initiatives and plans are enhanced. The benefits provided provide balance between family and work. And this is attributable to the fact that the company values my financial well-being, health as well as work-life balance. In regards to work-life balance, the company offers flexible working schedules and paid vacation for its employees.
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Determine three ways that employee layoffs can affect other employees in the organization. Examine two additional ways that employee layoffs can affect the organization as a whole.
Imagine that you are a manager of the HR department of a company and you are required to lay off one of your employees. Propose two ways that you can ensure you are abiding by the laws that govern employment and ethical practices.
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When some employees are laid off from the organization, whatever be the reasons, the final effect is very negative on the present employees. The motivation and hence the productivity of the present employees decreases with the news. This is due to the fear in the minds of employees that they now start searching for some new jobs elsewhere. There is a fear that they might also get the same news in near future. This increases the turnover for the company and hence the cost increases. Also with the decrease in motivation and the productivity, the financial performance of the company goes down. Another effect is on the new projects, whenever a manager feels that a particular project is a bit risky, the project is not undertaken since the risk of losing funds may fall upon the manager itself and the person might lose his or her job. Another effect is on the image of the company. After such news, there is a higher probability that the employees feel the company is not the best employer and hence they would not recommend it to others. This negative image amount the company would spread very fast.
Question #2
First, there is a need of proper communication between the HR department and the employee regarding the performance or other reason that is responsible for the termination of the employment of the person. The person should be communicated the complete reasons. Then a proper probationary period can be established that would help the employee to search for the new job in the due course. There is also a probability that the employee be given complete compensation for the probationary period. In this case, the compensation should be a bit higher than the current salary of the employee. As an HR manager, it is important to remain honest throughout the period and transparency should be maintained so that there is no ill feeling in the minds of anyone. All the process should happen according to the law and all the necessary steps should be taken as per the employment document originally provided to the employee.