HRM 240 Employee and Labor Relations and Risk Management

5 credits

This course examines how employee relations can create a positive organizational culture. This course also covers facets of the labor relations process: collective representation, union organization, bargaining, and negotiations. Other topics include risk management and measures that create a safe and secure work environment.

Prerequisites: ABED 40 (or placement into MATH 87 or higher) and ENGL 99 (or placement into ENGL& 101)

Course Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

Describe the nature of employee and labor relations
Explain human resource’s role in employee and labor relations
Compare and contrast approaches to disciplinary actions and the various types of alternative dispute resolution procedures in a union or non-union setting
Identify the principal state and federal laws that provide the framework for employee and labor relations
Describe labor relations processes such as collective representation, union organization, bargaining, and negotiations
Discuss the process of unionization
Explain how employee relations can create a positive organizational culture
Respond appropriately to information about employee and labor relations conveyed in verbal, non-verbal, written, and symbolic ways
Describe major societal trends in workplace safety
Identify the federal and state laws and basic provisions related to risk management, including occupational health, safety, and security
Explain measures that create a safe and secure work environment
Explain the importance of strategically managing risk and safety

Total Hours: 50 Theory (Lecture) Hours: 50