Recruitment and Legal Compliance (Essay Sample)

Part 1
Assessment activity task 1:
Recruitment and Legal Compliance
The workforce of an organization is vital in determining the types of products and services that they provide to their consumers. Similarly, recruitment in organizations could also be in the form of other resources. A great size of attention needs to be required to attract and retain the well experienced and well-motivated workforce. McDonalds has recruited experienced and committed employees. Having a big workforce of about 122,458, the McDonalds is sure to have experienced workforce among the employees. The large size of the workforce helps McDonalds to gain a competitive advantage over its competitors as they can serve a bigger geographical region. Such services offer more customer satisfaction since the consumers are given first had services and products, thus increasing the consumer loyalty CITATION Mic06 \l 2057 (Michael, 2006).
Legal compliance entails companies safeguarding their continued existence and operations to the public through compliance with the already existing labor, tax laws and other employment laws governing the organization. The Human Resource Management of McDonalds has to be observant with the employment practices, tax allowance, minimal wage and any discrimination policies that may exist.
Human resource policies for better results
* Ensure the financial policies are put in their right place
* Ensure that the employee feedback is done regular
* Evaluate the improvements that can be made for employees to enjoy better working conditions
Human resource suggestions to improve teamwork in an organization
* Define the responsibilities of each individual in the organization
* Provide training and information to the employees on importance of working as a team
* Enhance cooperation activities within the organization
* Develop means to mediate disputes in the organization
Assessment activity task 2:
Before 1984, South Australia had become a hub for discrimination both in the public and private sectors. The major sectors where discrimination was adamant were in the work places where it was evident even to the volunteers, accommodation, selling of land, customer service, advertising and education. In these areas, some people could not receive the proper service due to their race, age, gender or some disabilities that they had. Loss and humiliation was part of their daily encounters.
The South Australia act of 1984 was adopted to help promote equality and equal opportunities among the entire citizens of South Australia. The law provides for antidiscrimination among the people, providing them an equal chance to participate in the activities of the community. The Equal opportunity act 1984 (SA) argued that it was unlawful to discriminate against age, caring responsibilities, chosen gender, disability, pregnancy, race, sex and sexuality. The discrimination law also covered areas such as victimization, whistle blowing and sexual harassment.
On 2nd October, the South Australian law changed and was advanced in engulf other areas including the discrimination against caring responsibilities, wearing of religious dress to work and in school and identity of partner of spouse. Discrimination was also made to include the time limits for complaints. It also included loss or humiliation to reduce embarrassments and ridicules and offer the individuals with an equal opportunity for services offered. However, exceptions still accrue in the law to ensure those that are considered weak and disadvantaged in society and given better opportunities over others. One of the examples to exceptions being provided by the law includes the age discrimination for sporting activities.
Assessment activity task 3:
Activities involved in changing a car tyre
* Identify or find a stable and safe place where the tyre can be change. It is best for the area identified to be as flat as possible.
* Apply the parking brake on the car and put the gear of the car into ‘park’ position. Where there transmission of the car is standard, it is advisable to put the gear in first or reverse gear. Place a heavy object such as a stone in the front of both the front and back tyres to reduce risk of car moving.
* Take out the jack and the spare wheel and place the jack on the frame that is near the tyre that is being changed.
* Raise the jack to the point where it is supporting the car but not lifting it up.
* In case there is a hub cap on the wheel, it should be removed and then loosen the nuts by rotating them counter clockwise. At this point the wheel should be on the ground to ensure that only the nuts turn and not the wheels.
* Pump the jack more to lift the tyre of the ground for ease of replacement. While lifting the car, ensure that it is stable enough.
* Remove the all the nuts completely the remaining process and then remove the flat tyre.
* Place the spare tyre on the hub on the car and align it before placing the nuts back.
* Tighten the nut by hand first to ensure that the tyre remains aligned, and then using a wrench, tighten the nuts using as little force as possible to avoid the risk of upsetting the jack.
* Release the jack to lower the car and tighten the nuts of the tyre completely.
* Once the nuts are fully tightened, replace the hubcap.
* Finally, put the old tyre in the trunk of the car and take it to the mechanic for repairs.
Assessment activity task 4:
Job description for restaurant manager
Restaurant manager job responsibilities
* Ensures that the customers are pleased by the quality of dining experience provided
Description of restaurant manager job duties
* The restaurant manager ensures that the human resource objectives are achieved through recruitments, training, scheduling, counselling and disciplining employees.
* Ensure proper communication is achieved by communicating the job expectations of each employee, reviewing of the job contributions by each employee and enforcing policies and procedures.
* Accomplish the restaurants financial objectives by preparing annual budgets, forecasts and analyzing the variance schedules at the end of each financial year.
* Plan the menus for the restaurant after consultation with the chefs
* Control the costs by controlling the proportions and quantities of preparing the food while at the same time ensuring that wastages are minimized.
* Enhance the organization of the different departments by exploring available opportunities for growth and development for value addition in the restaurant
Personal specification/ required skills and qualifications for position of restaurant manager
* Verbal Communication, People Management, Self-Motivated, Foster Teamwork, Planning, Multi-tasking, Customer Service, Giving Feedback, Energy Level, Developing Budgets and ease of Resolving Conflict
Assessment activity task 5:
Internal recruitment
Advantages
* It is a cheaper means of recruitment as no advertisements are made. Only a written memo is circulated around the premises
* The panel of employers are well aware of the strengths and weaknesses of the candidates available
* It motivates the employees within the business as it offers them opportunities for promotion
* The personnel being employed into the business already understands the business operations
Disadvantages
* It limits the possibility of bringing in new ideas into the business premises
* It reduces the number of potential applicants who are interviewed for the position and may not get the best qualified individual for the job.
* Internal recruitment may cause resentment among the employees who are not appointed into the position towards the one appointed to fill the position.
* Finally, it creates another vacancy in the lower position that requires to be filled.
External recruitment
Advantages
* Opens up a larger pool of applicant from a wide range of qualifications into the organization
* Provide a new outlook for the company and allow them to stay competitive in the market
* It opens up better opportunities to hire better qualified individuals into different offices to improve the quality of the taskforce in the organization.
* Allows for new ideas to be brought into the organization
Disadvantages
* Requires advertisements and interviews to be conducted on candidates thus making it more expensive
* The selection processes that are adopted by different companies may not be fully effective to identify the best candidate for the job
* It is a longer process
Assessment activity task 6:
McDonalds is looking for a new:
SALES MANAGER
in Des Plaines, Illinois in the United States.
Your mission
Under the supervision of the director of the organization in Illinois, your mission will be to provide management activities for the organization ranging from maintenance of sales volume, adjustments of prices while monitoring costs and computing the operational sales requirements for the organization.
Your profile
• University degree in management or its equivalents
• At least 5 years experience in the sales industry
• Solid knowledge of the ethical and organizational requirements in sales management
• Strong verbal communication abilities in English. French would be an added advantage.
The place of work is in Des Plaines, Illinois
Applications should be emailed to
applications@McDonalsfoodsandrestaurant.com
All the interested parties can send their full applications with their CVs and a picture. Final date of application will be 1st October 2015. The application will be received and processed with full confidentiality.
Assessment activity task 7:
McDonalds provides its employees with induction training to welcome them into the workplace. However,...