- Argue for or against the practice of electronic employee surveillance at work. Provide specific examples to support your argument. What laws, if any, may be violated by such practices? - Argue for or against employee testing in relation to the job you currently hold. Be sure to take into account both the needs of the employ
Develop an anaysis statement of the negligent hiring and due care in hiring rules. Provide examples of how you can apply that knowledge?
To develop what you believe is a terrific idea for a video game, you lease 50,000 square feet in an office building from Commercial Property, LLC, under a written five-year lease. Your goal is to put the game on the market within two years. Several months into the term, a competitor unexpectedly releases a new game title featuri
Ann leases an office in Ted's building for a one-year term. At the end of the period specified in the lease, the lease ends without notice, and possession of the office returns to Ted. If Ann dies during the period of the lease, what happens to the leased property?
1- Brief summary of this article. 2- What did you learn about the topic. 3- How the article makes you appreciate a Human Resource Department.
What are the details of the Lindholm V. Brant case?
Dracca's Senior Vice President of Sales, Bob Marley, and one of his sales representatives, Bill Farian, were on a conference call and learned that Dracca's new line of high chairs was going to be recalled the next day. During the call, Farian stated, "This won't be good for stock prices." After the call ended, Marley and Farian
What was the court's ruling on Gambini v. Total Renal Care?
What are some advantages of offering a piece-rate pay plan to the furniture builders at Metropolitan furniture? Explain why?
Situation 1 In October 2002, GoGreen Corporation hired a security company to search all the vehicles in its parking lot for drugs and guns. The security company's officers employed four sniffer dogs. Guns were found in several vehicles, but no drugs were found. The corporation felt that all employees whose vehicles had weapon
Cosco and Safety First, two manufacturers of children's products, were fined $1.75 million dollars for safety violations by the CPSC. There is a federal law that all safety problems must be reported immediately so that the products may be promptly recalled. Cosco had over 300 injuries and 2 deaths before they reported the prob
Read " Bextra Whistleblower Case Started Investigation of Pfizer" . Discuss how this reading relates to regulatory agencies. In your discussion, address whistleblower laws, strict liability, and regulatory agencies and so on.
Identify and describe a scenario that involves an ergonomic injury and determine guidelines to prevent further injuries in the work setting. Be sure to explain how the U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety & Health Administration's criteria for ergonomic injuries might apply to the scenario.
Imagine you are a Human Resource manager for a large firm and that one of your employees has suffered a temporary disability. Answer the following questions: 1.What laws apply to temporary disability at the workplace? 2.Under what general circumstances is the employee entitled to benefits? 3.What are those benefits and who
Arbitration Analysis - 1 page Interest Arbitration Variants Final-offer Arbitration Results of Final-Offer Laws Arbitration and Maturing Labor Relations The above are various forms of arbitration available under state laws for public sector employees. Consider the benefits of each one. Prepare a chart listing each arbit
How should employers with employee involvement programs structure those programs so as not to run afoul of the NLRA?
Would you recommend that an employer offer domestic partner benefits? Why or why not, based on a comparison to the â??traditionalâ? arguments for offering benefits? If so, would you recommend it for all domestic partners or only same-sex partners? Justify your answer using legal and business arguments, minimizing emotional a
In light of workplace bullying and the difficulties plaintiffs face in same-sex harassment cases, would it be better to have anti-harassment statutes aimed at prohibiting unwelcome, offensive, treatment regardless of whether the motive behind the treatment is discriminatory? Explain. (Is it a good idea to â??severâ? the conn
Describe the term "Due Process" and relate it to its use in business as well as government. Include the 7 guidelines by Ewing and provide examples of each that are different from what is in the textbook. Trace the process inside of an organization to ensure fairness.
Refer to Table 18.1 on page 587 in your book. Read the related text. From that information, summarize and explain the four categories of legal protections against wrongful discharge. Write a good introductory sentence to set up your essay, and then write one good paragraph for each of the four categories. (We only need a summary
Sex stereotyping and good-faith bargaining are two important concepts or features that you learned in this class. For each, describe the feature legally. Explain how it is applied practically. Give an example or practical application. No citations or quotations will be necessary since you are writing from your personal knowledg
What does privacy mean to you? What is reasonable for employees to expect in terms of privacy in the workplace? In your answer, be sure to include e-mail and Internet use as well as additional relevant topics.
Explain the elements of the claim of intentional infliction of emotional distress. Quote the actual elements of the claim and cite your source. Try to use the best source for your citation. Add a follow-up sentence(s) in which you explain what that element means in practical terms. Summarize a case in which that claim was charge
An employee receives a letter of reprimand that goes in his personnel file but is not demoted and does not suffer any other action. Does the letter constitute an adverse employment action?
In its heyday, Consolidated Electric was an industry leader in the wages and benefits it paid its employees. Their pension plan was among the best in the business. Additionally, when employees retired, the company continued to pay their premiums for participation in the corporate health insurance plan. In recent years, health in
Physical fitness and strength tests are likely to create an adverse impact against women as well as older workers and those with disabilities. What should employers do to minimize adverse impact when hiring for jobs that have genuine strength and physical fitness requirements ie firefighters.
In Zheng v. Liberty Apparel Co., the District Court used a four-part test to determine that the Liberty defendants were not joint employers with contractor corporations of certain garment workers. The federal Court of Appeals vacated the District Court's decision and remanded the case back to the District Court for consideration
List and describe the purpose of the Labor Management Relations Act of 1947 or the "Taft Hartley Act."
Alberto Pirollo was killed when his tractor rolled over as he was driving over a large mound of manure in a corral belonging to Montana Dairy. Pirollo was an employee of Golden Cal Trucking, and Golden Cal Trucking was an independent contractor. Montana Dairy had hired Golden Cal Trucking to scrape the manure out of its corrals
Mary owns a 6-person beauty salon. One day an African American customer comes in and wants a wash and set. Mary has a cold and does not wish to give it to the customer, so she tells her that Geri will take care of her. Geri starts protesting, in front of the other customers, that she is not going to do the customer's hair becaus