HR Issue: Health And Safety In Workplace

HR Issue

Recruitment And Selection (need 6 valid issues)

1. In the Taste of Heaven, there is a high turnover of drivers, leading to cause problems in recruiting plus retaining drivers.
2. Shortage of the staff lead to overtime of the drivers and cost the company more to pay the drivers is one of the recruitment and selection issues as knowledgeable staff are not hired for the company.
3. The sales rep is not doing his own job as per the skills and knowledge of sales as he is appointed as office manager and he is not happy with the manager job that can cause nervous and lack of interest to do work in the company.
4. Hiring is conducted with word-of-mouth only, and the employees in the company are related to each other as cousins, sons, brothers, mothers and others. Therefore, like recruitment and selection, strategy relationship is to be maintained in place of reference of performance in the company.
5. Lack of talent management in the business as none of the employees are doing their job based on their expertise and skills. Therefore proper recruitment strategies are not followed at the time of hiring the employees for both temporary and permanent roles in the company (Crook et al. 2020).
6. Lack of employer brand of the Tate of Heaven due to lack of owner leadership in the company is one of the significant issues in HR that lead to cause a negative impact on the brand image of Taste of Heaven.

Compensation And Benefits (need 6 valid issues)

1. There is no benefits package in the company to support referral for shippers to professional counselling.
2. Lack of constancy in compensation for the packagers as they are paid below going rate for the non-unionized packagers.
3. The warehouse manager of other companies is paid $10,000 more on a yearly basis than the previous warehouse manager of Tate of Heaven. Therefore the current warehouse manager is not happy with the job role and the compensation and benefits paid to him.
4. Lack of increase in the annual salary as there is no such systematic approach regarding implementation to the performance evaluation as well as management (Savon et al. 2019).
5. Differences in wages of the driver where the less experienced driver is paid more as compared to more experienced drivers cause differentiation among the drivers.
6. There are a lot of gaps in the expectations of the employees as many had already left the job, and the remaining are trying to leave the job as the company is going to bankrupt as per the assumption made.

Health And Safety (need 6 valid issues)

1. Lack of safety precautions taken when opening a new bottle of chemicals for cleaning machines and mask is not put when using chemicals in the workplace. Therefore some of the staff are suffered lung damage.
2. There is a huge workload of the staffs who are working overtime as they have to manage the loss of the company and deliver the work within the deadline.
3. Lack of accident investigation done and report is not generated as the current employee who is responsible for recording the accident cases is not aware of investigation work.
4. There are no active health and safety committee members left with the company, who is accountable to manage the accidents and maintaining health and safety regulations in the workplace (Almost et al. 2018).
5. The Head shipper is taking cocaine in the warehouse, which is strictly against the rules and laws of a workplace, but the acting warehouse manager after knowing the issue, does not take any strict actions.
6. Safety issues with the trucks as there is breakdown occurred on the highways.

Training And Development (need 3 valid issues)

1. Lack of training for the warehouse manager to deal with various HR issues is one of the key HR issues.
2. No training is provided to the receptionist to take over the duties of accounts receivable. Therefore accounts work is not done properly.
3. There is a lack of engagement of the employees in the training program leading to cause unskilled staff in the workplace (Niu et al. 2019).

Labour And Employee Relations And Employee Discipline (need 4 valid issues)

1. Low morality of the key employees as they are going to left the company under an assumption that the company is going to go bankrupt.
2. Not paying union wages to the non-union staff to retain good people prevents unionization.
3. Loss of management control of the company due to unions is causing poor labour and employee relations (Çal?? and Büyükak?nc? 2019).
4. The receptionist told to lie to Maris regarding the availability of James Toomi at the office, leading to the issue that there is a lack of employee discipline.

Office Area Management

1. All over the office space, boxes and equipment are stacked up.
2. The storage area in the warehouse is flooded, and the area around the toilet is backed up.
3. Sewage is steeped in the wall between the storage room as well as the office.

HR Issue

Recruitment And Selection

1. High turnover of the drivers is prevented by hiring the right people and offering competitive salaries as well as compensation to the drivers to decrease the turnover rate.
2. There is required to manage the workplace workload by the hiring of more staff for the warehouse with the right skills and knowledge so that it is easier to manage the workload by the existing staff.
3. The sales rep is offering flexibility to work as per his skills and knowledge so that it prioritizes the work-life balance. Presenting work in their own area help them to get work interest in the assigned job in the sales department (Madsen et al. 2020).
4. The hiring of the employees is required to be done using social media channels and online job portals so that there is awareness among the employees regarding the job they are involved in.
5. There is required to adjust the hiring criteria so that shortage of talent management is to be managed.
6. It is required to improve employer brand by meeting with the expectations of the employees, and they are kept happy to provide an efficient working place (Varianou-Mikellidou et al. 2019).

Compensation And Benefits

1. The company is required to support the personal as well as financial health benefits of the employees.
2. The company is recommended to keep an incentives plan as part of the compensation plan so that the employees are paid for their overtime jobs.
3. The salaries of the warehouse employees are modified based on their roles and years of experience in the company (Niciejewska and Kiriliuk 2020).
4. A strong performance plan is implemented for the company where each of the individual employees is evaluated based on their performance.
5. The salary structure for the drivers is required to revise based on the work effort and experience (Reese 2018).
6. HR support is provided to the employees and make them clear that it is just an assumption that the company is going to bankrupt. Organizational culture is built that can value the feedback.

Health And Safety

1. Mask should be used when handling chemicals in the workplace, and material information sheet is acquired, and warning signs are shown for the dangerous chemicals.
2. The tasks are to be allocated among the staff equally so that there should be no workload on one individual.
3. It is required to take proper notes of the damages and root causes so that this type of accident is prevented in the future (Almost et al. 2018).
4. There is required to develop a health and safety committee in the workplace to improve conditions of the accident health report. It is recommended to deliver safe work practices develop safety programs and safety training so that the workers are aware of possible health and safety hazards.
5. There should require performing workplace inspections as well as undertaking investigations so that there is a promotion of safety culture in the business (Bastan et al. 2018).
6. Before the trucks are out for delivery, there is required to review and inspect the conditions of the trucks so that there would be no sudden breakdown.

Training And Development

1. The company is recommended to implement a training program for the employees so that it boosts the performance, skills and knowledge of the employees to deal with HR issues in the workplace.
2. The receptionist is required to be trained in accounting courses so that they can manage routine accounting work, compliance rules as well as taxation. It helps to secure a good job in the workplace with the improvement of effective communication skills (da Silva and Amaral 2019).
3. Employees are engaged in the workplace through various meetings, engagement plans and training so that their existing skills and knowledge are enhanced (Niu et al. 2019).

Labour And Staff Relations

1. Low morale of the employees is improved by giving them employee recognition, employee feedback and offering employee growth (Mei et al. 2020).
2. There is required to organize the workers in trade unions so that they are benefited from high wages. Union bargaining is required to be done that result in fringe benefits for the covered staff.
3. The management team in the workplace is controlled by taking proper actions and improving the workplace existing policies (Çal?? and Büyükak?nc? 2019).
4. It is recommended to establish clear rules for the employees and document employee discipline so that the employees are polite to each of the visitors or others in the workplace.

Bonus Marks (up to 3 bonus marks)

1. It is required to organize each of the boxes and equipment in the workplace in an efficient way so that there is the prevention of loss of any boxes and damage to the equipment.
2. It is required to manage slopes to low downslope flow and build channels so that there is the handling of the flooded area. The toilets are also required to be cleaned on a weekly basis so that everything will be organized properly (Salguero-Caparrós et al. 2020).
3. Sewage water is to be managed by physical and sludge water treatment. The wastewater is to be disinfected from sewage materials and then converted into treated water that is to be safe for the environment (Rikhotso, Morodi and Masekameni 2022).