Chapter 33 Employment and Labor Law TRUE/FALSE QUESTIONS A1. The employment-at-will doctrine is little used today. ANSWER: F PAGE: 673 TYPE: N NAT: AACSB Analytic AICPA Legal A2. Firing a worker who refuses to perform an illegal act violates pub¬lic policy. ANSWER: T PAGE: 674 TYPE: = NAT: AACSB Analytic AICPA Legal A3. Whistleblower statutes protect employers who retaliate against their employees for “blowing the whistle.” ANSWER: F PAGE: 676 TYPE: N NAT:
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Employment-at-Will Eric Tompkins Prof. James Vricos LEG500 - Law‚ Ethics‚ and Corp. Governance 24 January 2013 Strayer University As a manager and supervisor of an accounting division‚ examine the following issues in relation to the employment-at-will doctrine and responsibility of an employer based on actions and responses to the employee’s conduct and actions. Jennifer‚ a recent graduate‚ has recently been hired by your accounting firm out of college. Upon
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The Current Employment Relations Issue of Unfair Dismissal and Pregnancy A recent employment relations concern deals with unfair dismissal. When an employee is dismissed for certain statutory reasons‚ is inequitable and is incompatible to the merits of the situation; this phenomenon is known as unfair dismissal. This has been a long debated issue concerning all participants in the employment relationship. Investigation of the current employment relations issue of unfair dismissal found that emphasis
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Changes in society and legislation can somehow contribute to the influences on employment relations. There are several key influences that create impacts on the employment relations in workplaces nowadays‚ and they are the social influences‚ legal influences‚ economic influences and the new organizational behavioral influences. The existence of social influences involve the increased number of people from a greater range of ethic backgrounds in the workforce‚ increased number of people juggling families
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Employment-at-Will Exceptions Paper University of Phoenix HRM 546 November 1‚ 2011 Introduction
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CASE STUDY TOPIC Cultural Clash– A labor Relation Epidemic At Shiowa Industries CASE STUDY QUESTION 1. Drawing on the typologies of cultural differences discussed in the tutorials‚ discuss why Showa Industries has experienced HR difficulties at its Hamburg plant. Why might managers have assumed Germany to have been a good “fit” for the company? In the case of Shiowa Industries‚ HR difficulties stems mainly from the assumption that the similarities are without cultural differences‚ and
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Submitted by Apple Joy Dalumpines Case Analysis on Unfair Labor Practice I. An Analysis of the Law Different Provision a. Their Overall Objectives The Philippine Labor Law overall objective is to promote the well being and economic security of the workers. The State shall afford protection to labor‚ promote full employment‚ ensure equal work opportunities regardless of sex‚ race or creed and regulate the relations between worker and employers. In 1987 Constitution‚ the prime duty of the
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What challenges do you see with interpreting labor and employment laws and court decisions? There are a lot of grey areas in interpreting labor and employment laws. No one case can exactly apply to another. The must rely on precedents but be able to adapt them. For example the three part test (mentioned below) can be adapted to almost any case involving supervisory status. Case Study 3.1 1. Drake and Keeler could argue that they were engaged in a concerted and lawful act. This means two
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Labor relations and labor-management relations are terms used to define the business activities between labor unions and employers. Large organizations employ labor relations or employee relations specialists who operate as a liaison between labor and management. In smaller organizations a human resources manager knowledgeable about labor and employment law handles labor relations matters. Labor relations activities may include contract negotiations‚ employee grievances‚ arbitration and mediation
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Officer‚ Jack Ripon‚ to determine what the operational cost of moving the company’s plants located in Oconomo‚ Wisconsin to Mexico. High labor costs are a significant reason the plant is no longer cost effective to operate. The union employees in Oconomo average $16 per hour while the average wage paid to Mexican workers average approximately $1.60 an hour. Labor costs are high due to the plant’s work force being unionized. Added to that many of the plants employees are third generation employees
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