The Human Resources Department Of Swift Current

Health & safety executive – is the national independent watchdog for work-related health, safety and illness.

The highest Operational responsibility is the Chief HSE Officer who works close with the SD and HSE committee to make sure company policies are up to date and monitor’s the compliance of company wide policies. Performance is shared by all employees and is explained to them at the time of hire and throughout the time with the company. When first hired on, each employee has to sign a code of Business Conduct agreement; this also includes a portion of HSE specifics as well.

Dion Killingsworth has been a Human Resources director for the past four years. After eleven years in education at both public and college levels he decided to move into human resources. He has been in human resources nine years and enjoys the challenges of employment law and helping staff members as well as administrators become successful in their careers. He currently oversees employee relations for 31 elementary schools, recruitment for these 31 schools, transportation, and food service employees in Colorado Springs School District 11 (District 11). Prior to becoming a human resources officer for District 11, Mr. Killingsworth was employed by the Antlers Hilton Hotel as part of their human resources team.

I am the Director of Human Resources of Lehigh Hanson. In order to ensure the organization remains successful we have to make sure we hire the right people for the organization. In this review we will outline a job interview process and document the methods that we must use to select the right person for the available positions. We will determine at least two employment laws that we must consider in the process questions and examine the key ramifications of the organization’s lack of enforcement of said laws. The organization must predict three issues that we may encounter in building relationships with each type of worker.

The Health and safety officer is Lynn Taylor. Lynn completes the yearly risk assessment, and all the staff are responsible for the daily and weekly assessments. Responsibility for reporting a risk is of all the staff, and for them to ensure Lynn is informed so she is able to arrange repair/removal as necessary.

I am very interested in a career field in Human Resources. For this paper, I interviewed Lillian Mannino who is a Human Resource and Personnel Manager at the UC San Diego Graduate School of Global Policy and Strategy. As a manager, Lillian serves as the link between the graduate school’s management and its employees. She is in charge of overseeing recruitment, employee relations, policy development, payroll, and benefits. Personnel management is a special branch of management that is focus on the concerns of employees at work and their relationship with the organization. Her educational experiences consist of a bachelor degree at UC San Diego in Management Science and a professional Human Resources certificate from UCSD Extension. She has been working in the academic administration for almost ten years and earned her current position as manager through climbing up the ladder. She started off working in this field as a student affairs officer then was promoted to an administrative specialist. Her prior work experience paved a path for her to build up professional experience as well as a solid network within the UCSD administrative system.

Maintains the agenda, arranges travel, and coordinates meetings, conference calls and appointments on behalf of the Manager. Organizes and coordinates the meetings and conference calls of unit staff, special project teams and working groups.

The Health and Safety Executive, with local authorities (and other enforcing authorities) is responsible for enforcing the Act and a number of other Acts and Statutory Instruments relevant to the working environment.

The main health and safety responsibilities of others include abiding by the health and safety policies of the organisation and various health and safety acts.

| Explain how different organisational structures and management roles can impact on the HR Function (AC: 1.3)

The Human Resource Department for Evergreen Bank Group has a relatively normal human resource department setup. The bank located in Oak Brook Illinois is fairly small, they have a staff of 30 people including 18 additional employees who work in the offices of Freedomroad Financial (their DBA) which process their motorcycle loans. Jenny Voss who works out of the Illinois office is responsible for hiring, firing, and dealing with employee benefits.

I have been asked to prepare a briefing note for a new employee who will be joining the company soon as a line manager. Below is information which will give this new starter a more in depth look of the organisation, what we do and how we operate.

The role of the human resources (HR) department can play a significant role in the success and achievements of an organization. The department, which has evolved from the

Bohlander and S. Snell. (2011). Managing Human Resources, 6th Edition. Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Nelson Education Ltd., p. 175.

Occupational health and safety (OHS) in the workplace requires an effective systematic approach with strategies to control and monitor OHS risks and which is consistent with relevant OHS legislative requirements.