Case Study For Student Analysis

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Case Study for Student Analysis
Arthur Reed working as a warehouse supervisor is having problems keeping his summer replacement workers throughout the summer months. His turnover is very high due to replacement workers have to pay union dues and purchase costly steel-toed boots. The pay is low and employees are expected to be on call for when an employee calls in sick. There are several ways to alleviate these problems. This paper will discuss how Arthur could offer incentives to keep employees working throughout the summer months so there will be no need to hire summer help.
With the temporary employees having little training and such a high turn over it would be beneficial for the trained employees to be working at the warehouse. In the summer employees have repeatedly called in sick due to the good weather. This leads me to believe that the employees are not really ill but would rather take a day off to enjoy themselves. This has been a huge problem for Arthur and changes need to be made to ensure quality work during the summer months.
Arthur’s biggest problem is finding employees to stay working with low pay and no set work schedule. This would be hard for any employer to fix. Employees need dependability from their employer to be dependable employees. While Arthur could give the part time employees benefits, the changing work schedule cannot be changed. This work schedule is what I believe to be the greatest reason for employee turnaround. With bills to pay employees need a dependable paycheck.
Paying for the employees work boots and allowing them to work without joining the union would be incentives for the part time workers. These added costs take away from the employee’s earnings and since they have no benefits this could deter workers. The cost in work boots would add costs to Arthur or the warehouse if they would pay this cost. Arthur might have trouble getting approval from the union to allow these employees to not p...