Homework: Employment Law
Length: 3 to 5 pages.
Develop a workplace harassment policy for either Java Corp. or an organization you are familiar with. Create a 6 to 10 slides PowerPoint presentation with speaker's notes to present the new policy and to support it with legal and strategic rationale for the selected organization's upper management.
HR professionals are often called upon to develop new workplace policies to increase an organization's effectiveness and to protect from possible legal liabilities. Creating a succinct and comprehensive presentation for organizational management and other stakeholders is a valuable skill to possess.
By successfully completing this homework, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and homework criteria:
1. Competency 1: Apply human resource strategies to business needs.
a. Develop an anti-harassment workplace policy.
2. Competency 2: Analyze core functions of human resource management.
a. Explain the legal basis for protecting employees from harassment.
b. Explain other types of harassment to consider in a workplace policy.
c. Articulate the steps that can be taken to best legally protect the selected organization.
d. Analyze organizational benefits realized by the anti-harassment policy's approach.
3. Competency 4: Communicate effectively in a scholarly and professional manner.
a. Describe the types of sexual harassment found in the workplace.
Preparation
For this homework, research sexual harassment and other forms of unlawful workplace harassment. Using one of the scenarios below, consider best practices and approaches for developing an anti-harassment workplace policy. A minimum of seven resources are required to support your approach to the new policy as well as your legal and strategic rationale.
Scenario
For this homework, choose either option 1 or 2. You do not need to do both. You will apply one of these scenarios in the Instructions below. Both options will be graded using the same scoring guide.
Option I
You are the new HR manager for Java Corp. The company has just lost a sexual harassment lawsuit and damages included back pay, front pay, punitive damages, and attorneys fees. The plaintiff, Ms. Stapel, was a female manager who had a consensual sexual relationship with her male boss, Mr. Rowe. Both moved up in title and responsibility over the past 5 years. After the relationship ended, Mr. Rowe made several offensive comments to coworkers without Ms. Stapel being present and later, a number of other employees made offensive sexual comments directly to Ms. Stapel.
The company had a harassment policy but only referred someone who felt harassed to their immediate supervisor and provided no other avenues of complaint. Your first project for Java Corp. is to create a formal policy that will protect employees, the organization, and all stakeholders.
Option II
Choose an organization to use for this homework. It can be where you are currently employed or a company with which you are familiar. It must be an organization that is researchable, as you will need to gather and analyze information to complete the homework. You may use the same organization for the other homeworks.
If you choose the organization where you are currently employed, please keep in mind that the analyses you make must be based on facts that can be documented rather than your personal opinion as an employee.
Research the sexual and workplace harassment policies of the chosen organization.
Contact your faculty if you have questions.
Instructions
Based on your research of sexual harassment and other forms of unlawful workplace harassment, complete the following:
A. Develop an anti-harassment workplace policy that includes the following components:
a. Objective.
b. Prohibited conduct under this policy, including discrimination, harassment, sexual harassment, and retaliation.
c. Confidentiality.
d. Complaint procedure.
B. Prepare a PowerPoint presentation for upper management, including the following:
a. Explain the legal basis for protecting employees from harassment.
b. Describe the types of sexual harassment found in the workplace.
- Quid pro quo.
- Hostile work environment.
c. Explain other types of harassment to consider in a workplace policy.
d. Articulate the steps that can be taken to best legally protect the selected organization.
- How sound are your reporting and investigation procedures?
e. Analyze organizational benefits realized by the anti-harassment policy's approach.
- Consider reputation, employee morale, retention, and productivity.
Format your homework according to the following formatting requirements:
o The answer should be typed, using Times New Roman font (size 12), double spaced, with one-inch margins on all sides.
o The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the homework, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
o Also include a reference page. The Citations and references must follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.