The Value of Fair Treatment in the Workplace

 

 

 

You have been hired as a management consultant by a large company to examine the company’s business decisions regarding employee protections. The applicable laws are federal anti-discrimination laws, federal health and safety laws, and employer firing practices related to the employment-at-will (EAW) doctrine.

In response to the three questions below, write a 4 page paper in which you do the following:

Analyze, identify, and explain recent legislation, within the last 10 years, that helps to protect employees from discrimination in the workplace. Provide at least two federal legislative protections. Provide some insight when the federal legislation conflicts with the state.
Explain the EAW doctrine and all exceptions to the doctrine. Look at the scenarios below and determine whether the decision to fire the employee is a smart one. Identify why or why not, and determine all the possible exceptions per the EAW doctrine that are, might be, or could be applicable if the employee sues for wrongful termination.

 

 

 

Employee-at-will

 

 

 

As a small-business owner, you are faced with rising costs, particularly employment costs, insurance, and the like. You decide to hire Leo, your good friend to save on these costs and insurance. Leo works for 6 months dealing with vendors and buying supplies and inventory for the business. One day at lunch, Leo heads to 7-11 for a Slurpee and befriends the owner, Dan. Leo makes a deal with Dan to sell your product, Widget’s spinners, at the 7-11 in exchange for a free Slurpee every day. The store sells out of Widgets spinners the next day and Dan calls to demand you restock because it is bringing in lots of customers.

Discuss the following:

Given your understanding of agency law and the three types of authority “relationships” that are created in the workplace between employers and employees. In other words, the authority an employee has from the employer to act on behalf of the employer in the workplace.
Was Leo authorized to contract with Dan? Why or why not and was Dan a disclosed, parially disclosed or undisclosed principal given your understanding? What is “scope of employment” and how is it applicable? Be sure to explain these terms.
Identify and explain what an employee-at-will is and the exceptions to firing such an employee given the law’s protections. Research using the NEXIS Legal Database and provide an example lawsuit of a wrongful firing or discharge in violation of the law. Be sure your case is within the last two years. Explain the facts, the parties, their arguments, the law, and the outcome of the case.

Change Management for HR & Executives

 

 

Watch Change Management for HR & Executives: The Case of the Mixed-Up Merger (Links to an external site.). Describe the kinds of health, safety, and security problems that international employees encounter. Design a crisis management program for a company to have in place for expatriates. Make sure the plan is unique. Before designing a Crisis Management program, you should read and evaluate the Crisis Management program of two or three international companies to gain a comprehensive idea of what such plans entail. You should create their own Crisis Management program and not use one that already exists. Support your answer with at least one credible, recent source in addition to the course textbook and at least one visual such as a table or a chart.

 

 

 

Organizational/occupational socialization.

 

 

 

 

Describe what is meant by organizational/occupational socialization.
How important is First Line Supervisory Training? Explain.
Describe a time that you were mentored or acted as a mentor in a business or academic organization.
How was your experience? Discuss both positive and negative aspects of that experience.
After reflecting on that experience, describe ways more broadly, that criminal justice organizations, can nourish the culture of their organization. Include Scripture support and a Christian worldview analysis.

 

 

 

Performance evaluations

 

 

 

Performance evaluations are one of the most important communication tools an organization can use. They need not be complicated; they just need to be done. Performance evaluations benefit both employee and employer. When it is a time to provide feedback, recognize quality performance and set expectations for future job performance. This is also a time to have candid conversations about performance that is lacking and how performance can be improved. Ongoing performance discussions can assist in avoiding serious problems in the future (Laurenz, 2011).ReferencePeggy Laurenz. “Why Evaluate? Performance Evaluations Are One of the Most Important Communication Tools…” Central SD SHRM. Central SD SHRM, 16 Sept. 2011. Web. 26 Aug. 2016.Instructions:Your discussion board submission address the following topic points:

Define and discuss the importance of the performance evaluation process using credible sources to support your findings.
Using real examples from businesses or HR related sources found on the internet identify and discuss the; performance evaluation methods and tools that would be appropriate for the employment position chosen in section one of your project.
Conclusion:
Explain how this HR process relates to the employee life cycle.
Explain the potential issues or concerns that exist when organizations choose not to use Performance Evaluations.