Discuss the following:
Respondeat Superior
Revisit the questions on who is an employee
Two days ago, your receptionist calls one of the salesreps on his cellphone to obtain information about sales made during the prior week. After a brief chat on the topic, you hear them talkiing about what they did the prior weekend. Suddently, the receptionist says out loud: "are you ok?" She then hangs up the phone and tells you that the salesmen was just involved in a car accident and has hit a pedestrian crossing the street.
You later learn that the sales rep has minimal car insurance and wants the company to help with the pedestrian claim.
What do you do?
To Hire or Not
You are the office manager for a small engineering firm, having 20 employees.
There is the need to hire two individuals.
The first is for a junior engineer. You post the job listing on Monster.com and receive various resumes. One of them is from a Hispanic male. He is from Mexico, has a master's degree in engineering from one of the major universities there and has worked for various large engineering companies there.
His resume impresses you so you set up an appointment for him. He arrives twenty minutes early and is neatly dressed.
When you speak with him, you notice that he has a pronounced Mexican accent and is a bit difficult to understand.
The other candidates that you interview are not as qualified but are American born and do not speak with an accent.
Which candidate do you recommend? Why?
Please make sure that you use formal academic or professional support to sustain your positions.
Hiring Questions
A second situation has arisen with the senior partner of the firm above. He is a hard person with whom to work and requires that an employee keep the same work hours and a bit more for him. He works seven days a week from 0830 to 0830. He has lost a succession of admins, all of whom have been female and all having day care issues. The salary is USD 60,000 per year with good benefits.
When he tells you that the most recent one has just quit, he tells you with a wink and a smile: No pregnant ladies or women under a certain age!!!!
So how do you handle this situation? How do you advertise the position? What questions do you ask during the interview? What do you tell the proposed candidates about the senior partner?