Lecture Materials of BIT External IT5104 - Professional Issues in IT 2013/2014 conducted at OSBT

1. IT5104: Professional
Issues in IT
Chapter 04 - Human Resources Issues
OpenArc Campus – BIT Sem V - PIIT

2. Selection
Recruitment
• Soliciting Applications
• Selecting the applicants to
whom offers will be made
• Outsourced to specialized agencies
• For a specific post
• Advertising
• By Employer
Recruitment & Selection
2012 – Question 02 - B

3. One-to-One Interviews
Interview by a Panel
Assessment of
References
• Technical → HR → Managment
• Favour applicants who are smooth talkers
• As a final check candidates are who they say they are
• Ability tests – Verbal /Numerical Skills(individual's
Psychometric tests
ability in a general area)
• Aptitude tests – IQ(Potential to learn skills for job)
• Personality tests - Characteristics of person, behavior
• Put into a variety of situations where their performance is
Situational Assessments
observed and assessed by the other participants in the
situations
• Situational questions
Task Assessment
• Carry out a simple task
Selection Techniques
2012 – Question 02 - C

4. Nepotism : Choosing cousins, children or other family members
Cronyism : Choosing friends or former colleagues

5. Depending on the circumstances of the dismissal it can
be different.
Fair Dismissal
Unfair Dismissal
• Constructive Dismissal
Wrongful Dismissal
DISMISSAL
2011 – Question 04
TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT OF WORKMEN

6. When your employer brings the contract of employment to
an end.
Ex:
- Your employer ends your employment with or without notice .
- Your employer refuses to take you back after a strike.
COMPENSATION ???
What is

7. Resignation
-You resign without any pressure from your employer or leave by
mutual agreement.
Suspension on full pay
- You are suspended to await the outcome of a disciplinary
hearing or investigation
What is NOT

8. The prior written consent of the workman
and appeal meeting
Or
The prior written approval of the Commissioner
of Labor
How To in Correct Way

9. It is a legal notice.
When the dismissal is to take effect
There should be a dismissal notice period.
Give to employee directly
Not by third party.
Notice of Dismissal

10. If you think your employment rights were
violated in the dismissal process
Increase of compensation or demanding a
compensation
Labour Tribunal

11. – Misconduct
•Violence at work and harassment of other employees.
•Refusal to obey a reasonable instruction from the employer.
(breach of health and safety rules)
•Insolence or rudeness, including use of bad language.
(repeatedly even with given warnings)
•Drinking or using/taking drugs during working hour.
Reasons as Justifying Dismissal

12. – Lack of capability
– Breach of the law
•Criminal activity and fighting at work
•Theft at work
•Visa Issues
– Redundancy
Reasons as Justifying Dismissal…

13. Who can claim for unfair dismissal ?
- below normal retirement age
What is
- dismissed for a discriminatory reason
- if employer not followed proper dismissal and
disciplinary procedures laid down by law
-Or as a result of transfer of the employer’s
business
Unfair Dismissal

14. This happens when your employer makes it impossible for you to
carry on working . So you resign under the pressure from your
employer.
Your work and responsibility is being given to other people by
ignoring you. Cutting your pay and changing your working
conditions.
Self dismissal : An employer may argue that you have dismissed
yourself by behaving in a way that brings the contract to an end.
- AWOL
•Constructive Dismissal

15. Not give you the dismissal notice prior
And
(Not paying compensation or Not paying right amount of
compensation)
•Breach of the contract of employment by the employer
•Retaliation (being fired for being a whistle blower or
complaining, or for not being willing to commit an illegal act when
asked to by an employer)
Wrongful Dismissal

16. Reference :
http://hrsrilanka.lk
http://www.employers.lk
Sri Lanka Labour Legislations