Employment Laws and Hrm Strategy
Employment Laws and HRM Strategy 1
Employment Laws and HRM Strategy
Research the employment laws in your state by visiting (your two-letter state designation).gov. (for example, az.gov; mi.gov.; or va.gov.). Insert “employment laws” into the Search area of the Website and review the different designations of employment laws that are listed.
Benefits decreases for the entire employee population
Describe the scenario that you have selected and its corresponding employment laws. The scenario I chose was benefits decrease for the entire employee population. The State I live in is Maryland and will be getting information from www.md.gov. There are many laws governing fringe benefits in Maryland. Fringe benefits includes minimum wage, overtime, meals and break, vacation, sick leave, severance, holidays, jury duty, medical/hospitalization coverage, dental coverage, pension/retirement plans. In the State of Maryland, all fringe benefits are not required so employers can select what to provide to employees. Maryland law requires the following benefits: minimum wage, overtime, and meals and break. Vacation, sick leave, severance, holidays, paid jury duty, medical/hospitalization coverage, dental coverage, and pension/retirement plans. There are many times when companies have to decrease benefits in order to keep the company in business. There are economic hardships going on right now which are causing jobs to shut down, lay off employees, or cut back.
Minimum Wage:
Employment Laws and HRM Strategy 2
-The current minimum wage for Maryland is $7.25 and the Federal minimum wage is $7.25. Employers must follow the laws and pay employees a minimum of $7.25 when paying minimum wage.
Overtime:
-The State of Maryland requires employers to pay 1 ½ time their regular rate when working 40 hours or more in a work week. Some employees may be exempt if salary workers.
Meals and Breaks:
-The State of Maryland employees must provide breaks to people under the age of 18
Employment Laws and HRM Strategy
Research the employment laws in your state by visiting (your two-letter state designation).gov. (for example, az.gov; mi.gov.; or va.gov.). Insert “employment laws” into the Search area of the Website and review the different designations of employment laws that are listed.
Benefits decreases for the entire employee population
Describe the scenario that you have selected and its corresponding employment laws. The scenario I chose was benefits decrease for the entire employee population. The State I live in is Maryland and will be getting information from www.md.gov. There are many laws governing fringe benefits in Maryland. Fringe benefits includes minimum wage, overtime, meals and break, vacation, sick leave, severance, holidays, jury duty, medical/hospitalization coverage, dental coverage, pension/retirement plans. In the State of Maryland, all fringe benefits are not required so employers can select what to provide to employees. Maryland law requires the following benefits: minimum wage, overtime, and meals and break. Vacation, sick leave, severance, holidays, paid jury duty, medical/hospitalization coverage, dental coverage, and pension/retirement plans. There are many times when companies have to decrease benefits in order to keep the company in business. There are economic hardships going on right now which are causing jobs to shut down, lay off employees, or cut back.
Minimum Wage:
Employment Laws and HRM Strategy 2
-The current minimum wage for Maryland is $7.25 and the Federal minimum wage is $7.25. Employers must follow the laws and pay employees a minimum of $7.25 when paying minimum wage.
Overtime:
-The State of Maryland requires employers to pay 1 ½ time their regular rate when working 40 hours or more in a work week. Some employees may be exempt if salary workers.
Meals and Breaks:
-The State of Maryland employees must provide breaks to people under the age of 18
References: Halbert, T., & Ingulli, E. (2009). Law & ethics in the business environment: 2010 custom edition (6th ed.). Mason, OH: South-Western Cengage Learning. Stewart, G., & Brown, K. (2011). Human resource management (2nd ed.). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley and Sons. www.md.gov http://mlis.state.md.us/asp/web_statutes.asp?gle&3-507