HRM 520 Employee & Labor Relations

This course will cover the strategic value of effective labor-management relations and its related framework and design. Topics will cover wage and hour laws, safety and health laws, retirement, welfare and privacy laws that prepare future managers, supervisors, and business owners for responsibilities in management-employee relations. In addition, an examination of managerial issues affecting development of labor relations policy will be explored. Topics to be examined include the impact of public policy, negotiation, and administration of collective bargaining agreements, the NLRB and arbitration cases. The role of managers in ethical decision making will also be reviewed and assimilated into current applications in today's workplace.

Credits

3