QUESTION $3($HRM$)$

$3\mathrm{.}11$ Case study: $$But I did not know$.$

$$After a meeting with the operations manager of your mine, you close the door to your

office so you can think of strategies to resolve an issue that has come up$.$ The

operations manager casually mentioned he had just finished a performance review of

one of his employees and offered the employee a large raise because of all the hours

the employee was putting in$.$ The raise was equal to $11\%$ of the employee$$s salary.

The operations manager, being new both to the company and to a union shop, was

not aware of the contract agreement surrounding pay increases. An employee must

receive a minimum of a $2\%$ pay increase per year and a maximum of $6\%$ per year

based on the contract. You worry that if the union gets wind of this, everyone at that

employee$$s pay level may file a grievance asking for the same pay raise. Of course,

the challenge is that the manager already told this person he would be receiving the

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$11\%$ raise. You know that you need to act fast to remedy this situation.$$

Based on the given case study, answer comprehensively the following questions:

$3\mathrm{.}1\mathrm{.}1$ From a human resources management perspective, what should you have done

initially to prevent this issue from happening?

$3\mathrm{.}1\mathrm{.}2$ Outline a specific strategy to implement stating how you will prevent this from

happening in the future.

$3\mathrm{.}1\mathrm{.}3$ What would you do about the $11\%$ pay raise that was already promised to the

employee?

$3\mathrm{.}1\mathrm{.}4$ If the union files a grievance, what type of grievance do you think it would be$?$

Provide reasoning for your answer.