The Workplace Is The Feeling For Many Workers - 1485 Words

Overworked and underpaid is the feeling for many workers, not only in the United States but globally. With the combination of global market growth and advanced technology, flexibility in the workplace is on the rise. Flexibility in the workplace will not only meet business needs, but it will also help individual needs. Flexibility is not the only change happening in the workplace, labor laws are also changing to help both employers and their employees. Depending on which side – management or labor – is interested, calls for labor law reform are frequent (Fossum, pg.90, 2015). In general, labor favors reforms that would improve opportunities to organize and speed the process by which employees decide whether to be represented and provide†¦show more content†¦This innovative approach can also be considered bargain collectively. Bargain collectively is the performance of the mutual obligations of the employer and representative of the employees to meet reasonable times and confer in good faith with respect to wages, hours, and terms and conditions of employment, or the negotiation of an agreement, or any question arising thereunder, and the execution of a written contract incorporating any agreement reached if requested by either party, but such obligation does not compel either party to agree to a proposal or require the making of a concession. This broad definition affects both the process and the issues. Barg aining issues can be divided into three legal categories: mandatory, permissive, and prohibited (Fossum, pg. 222, 2015). Bargaining issues in countries, such as France, are both broader and narrower. Because most countries do not have a collective bargaining law, bargaining issues or methods are unspecified. Thus, there are no distinctions between mandatory, permissive, or prohibited issues. Bargaining issues and outcomes differ from country to country depending on the economic policies of the government and the degree to which the country has central planning or income policies. Further, except in Sweden and France, there is