Dealing with disciplining employees is never easy, but it can be even more challenging when you’re an HR professional in a unionized industry environment. In addition to state, province or local rules, you must take collective bargaining agreements and union agreements into account. Here’s some tips to help you best manage these perilous situations and avoid turning disciplinary actions into HR disasters.

Last week, U.S. President Barack Obama vetoed a bill to move forward with construction of a proposed 1,179-mile (1,897 km), 36-inch-diameter crude oil pipeline beginning in Hardisty, Alberta, and extending south to Steele City, Nebraska - the Keystone XL pipeline. This project would have an immense impact on heavy industry companies in both Canada and the United States.

Your scheduling and payroll software is disjointed, out of date, and causing more problems than it’s solving across your manufacturing locations and jobsites. You need a better way to reduce and manage labor costs. You’ve come to the conclusion that you need an integrated payroll and scheduling HR system – what’s next? How do you integrate your new software with your existing team and processes, and make sure that you comply with all the regulations that weigh on heavy industry?

Your scheduling and payroll software is disjointed, out of date, and causing more problems than it’s solving across your manufacturing locations and jobsites. You need a better way to reduce and manage labor costs. You’ve come to the conclusion that you need an integrated payroll and scheduling HR system

If you are an HR and/or Payroll professional in heavy industry, you know all too well the unique challenges that come with managing a blended workforce of part time, full time, and contract employees, not to mention some of the jurisdictional challenges associated with cross-border sites. 

If you are an HR and/or Payroll professional in heavy industry, you know all too well the unique challenges that come with managing a blended workforce of part time, full time, and contract employees, not to mention some of the jurisdictional challenges associated with cross-border sites.