Report to the Managing Director of Starfish Oil: Partnership Agreement, Union, and Importance of Emp

Write a report to the Managing Director of Starfish Oil focussing on the following key issues:

• How can the company improve their policies and procedures so that all staff feel they can adequately voice their concerns and get resolution to problems?

• What approach could the company take to resolve perceptions of unfairness relating to rates of pay, allocation of shifts, use of contractors and overtime?

• The assignment should be approximately 2,500 words in length.

• This agreement stressed on the shared responsibility that is based on the employment security and flexibility in working that can lead to the modernization of the industrial relationships.

• Partnership is also perceived as an opportunity for trade unions to voice their concerns while ensuring that the rights of workers in relation to improved working environment deals with issues of health and safety, skill upgradation are enhanced by employers (Stuart and Lucio, 2005, p. 14).

• It can also be stated as an explicit agreement whereby the reciprocal rights and responsibilities of employers, employees and unions are outlined.

• For example, a commitment from an employer to employment security in return for guarantees of employee flexibility, or an employee’s desire for self development is supported by the employer’s commitment to providing the necessary training (Stuart and Lucio, 2005, p. 1).

• Work becomes easy if it is shared among all
  
  
• The organization becomes a happy place to work if the employees work together as a family.
  
  
• An individual feels motivated in the company of others whom he can trust and fall back on whenever needed.
  
  
• Healthy employee relations also discourage conflicts and fights among individuals.
  
  
• A healthy employee relation reduces the problem of absenteeism at the work place.
  
  
• It is wise to share a warm relation with your fellow workers, because you never know when you need them.

What is an Independent Contractor?

• An independent contractor is a person, business, or corporation that provides goods or services to another entity under terms specified in a contract or within a verbal and physical agreement.

• An individual who performs services for the institution where the institution has the right to specify the result to be accomplished by the work, but not the means and methods by which the result is to be accomplished.