Discuss the following:
Q1. "Employment Law"
• Choose two (2) employment laws, and examine the impact of each law on human resources management (HRM). Support your response with specific examples of each selected law's impact on HRM.
• Illustrate one (1) specific example of any statute (e.g., Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, American with Disabilities Act [ADA], the Family Medical Leave Act [FMLA], or other statutes) that prohibits an organization from exercising its employment-at-will rights. Specify the rights that an employee could most successfully exercise against an organization for violating the selected statute.
o Go to the United States Department of Labor's Website to review the "Summary of the Major Laws of the Department of Labor", located athttps://www.dol.gov/opa/aboutdol/lawsprog.htm. Be prepared to discuss.
o Research whether or not your state abides by the employment-at-will doctrine (e.g., public policy, implied contract and / or good faith). Be prepared to discuss.
Q2. "Employment Relationship and Discrimination"
• Contrast the primary differences between independent contractors, temporary employees and volunteers. Then, examine two (2) way2 in which each role differs from that of an employee. Justify your response.
• Select two (2) employment discrimination laws, and then provide two (2) disparate treatment case using the same discrimination law. Review only the facts of the case, the legal issues relating to the disparate treatment, and the court's decision. Next, outline the steps the employer could have taken initially to prevent the discrimination in question. Justify your response.
Go to the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's Website to review discrimination types, located at
https://www.eeoc.gov/laws/types.