This document summarizes trends and challenges related to human capital management. It discusses the impact of the Family and Medical Leave Act on staffing issues and costs. It also examines the advantages of managing employee turnover through strategies like adjusting salaries. The document outlines health and safety management issues for employees, including the high costs of mental health issues and workplace stress. Finally, it explores future trends for human resources, such as the need for flexible and diverse workforces, as well as challenges around virtual communication and social networking.

1. INTRODUCTION
Trends and Challenges Presentation
MGMT 461
Pamela E Orellana, Marlaina Lyon, David
Miller, Roy Lunsford
1. FLMA Affects Human Capitol
2. Advantages of Turnover
3. Safety & Health Management Issues
4. Future Trends & Challenges

2. HUMAN CAPITAL
• FLMA-Family Leave Medical Act
• Employee Absences and HR issues, training,
implementation and expansion of legal
department
• Cost to Implement
• Results

3. HUMAN CAPITAL
• Handling of FLMA for Human Capital
• Increased Screening-Right Job/Right Person
• Expanding Legal Department
• Enhancing/ Elimination Benefits

4. MANAGING TURNOVER
• Resetting Salaries
• 20/60/20 Approach
• -top 20% cost $2500, middle 60% cost $1000,
bottom 20% gains $500
• Reducing Age of Workforce
• -younger employees
• -healthier employees
• Molding employees to company expectations

5. HEALTH MANAGEMENT
• A Healthy Employee Produces More
• Mental Health Emphasis(Google, IBM, Ben &
Jerry's)
• Cost of Mental Health Issues
• $80.1 billion
• $3189 Per Employee
• $17 Billion in Anti-Depressants
• 80% of Health Care cost are stress related
• Mental Health leads to safety in workplace

6. 10 STRESSORS IN WORKPLACE
 Workload
 Random Interruptions
 Mistrust and Unfairness
 Uncertainty
 Unclear Policies/lack of direction
 Career & Job Ambiguity
 No Feedback
 No Appreciation
 Lack of Communication
 Lack of Control

7. WORKPLACE SAFETY
 Rise in workplace violence, terrorism, and
cyber attacks
 Rise in cost through physical and technological
security
 BLS (1996—2006) 11,613 Workplace
Homicides
 OSHA Study- 2 million cases of workplace
violence each year

8. OSHA WARNING SIGNS
 Crying/Sulking/Temper Tantrums
 Excessive Absences/Lateness
 Lack of health/safety for others
 Disrespect for Authority
 Increased mistakes or errors
 Refusal to recognize job performance issues
 Faulty Decision Making
 Testing the limits
 Emotional Language or Swearing
 Overreacting to Criticism
 Inappropriate Statements
 Distraction/Confusion
 Lack of Focus

9. WARNING SIGNS(CONT)
 Blaming others for mistakes
 Complaints of unfair treatment
 Talking about the same issues but not solving
them
 Thinking he/she is always right
 Misinterpreting Communication
 Social isolation
 Sudden hygiene habits
 Energy level change
 Unusual or non-specific illness

10. TRENDS & CHALLENGES
• Flexible
• Competitive
• Creative Recruitment
• Electronic Revolution
• Loss of Face Time
• Virtual Body Language

11. TRENDS AND CHALLENGES (CONT)
• Diversity
• Different Strokes For Different Folks
• Small World, Big Differences
• Ethically & Morally Speaking
• Social Networking-Opening Pandora’s Box

12. CONCLUSION
 FLMA
 Actual Advantages of Turnover
 Reality of Safety and Health Issues in
Workplace
 Future HR Management
Any Questions?

13. REFERANCES
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