says that no person employed or seeking employment by a business with more than 15 employees may be discriminated against due to his or her race‚ color‚ religion‚ sex‚ or national origin. While there are federal laws concerning discrimination‚ most states have enacted laws that prohibit it. These laws may have different remedies than the federal laws and may‚ in certain circumstances be more favorable than the federal laws. There are four major types of employment discrimination‚ and other types can
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CT257- Understand Employment Responsibilities and Rights In Health‚ Social Care or Children and Young People’s Settings. As part of your qualification you are required to have an understanding of your Employment responsibilities and rights. This unit is made up of an online test. To help you to prepare for this test please complete the workbook. This workbook covers: Statutory responsibilities and rights of employees and employers Awareness of own occupational role and how this fits in within the
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Employment Rights and Responsibilities For use in Apprenticeships for Contact Centres‚ IT User‚ IT Services and Development and Communication Technology (Telecoms) Document prepared by: Ben Sweetman Contact: 1 Castle Lane‚ London‚ SW1E 6DR Tel: 0207 963 8920 E-mail: ben.sweetman@e-skills.com Version: 2.0 Date created: 16 July 2005 Last updated: 16 August 2005 (format only) Information about Employment Rights and Responsibilities ERR is a compulsory part of all Apprenticeship
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Leslie S Wakefield Employment Law of Business Mrs. Marianne Graham Week 6 Homework Determine whether the employee has a potential FLSA claim. Explain the legal basis for your conclusion. From an HR perspective list‚ explain and analyze five things an employer can do to insure compliance with FLSA and avoid claims. Based off the information I read and how I interpreted the information. I don’t believe that Mike Murphy has a potential claim under FLSA. According to the
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EMPLOYMENT RIGHT AND RESPONSIBILITY Question 1 1.1 The different aspect covered by the employment right and responsibility are Data protection - this act covers all information held about individuals by an employer. Anti discrimination - this act prohibits discrimination of any kind such as sex‚ gender‚ disability‚ religion‚ or racial grounds. sickness- Training Redundancy DBS 1.2 The main features of the current employment legislation are Data protection Act 1999- this act covers all information
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CHAPTER 13 Civil Rights and Employment Discrimination TRUE-FALSE QUESTIONS 1. Many states have passed their own fair employment acts. ANSWER: True SKILL LEVEL: AACSB Analytic OBJECTIVE: AICPA Legal 2. The federal statutes on race‚ gender and employment discrimination apply both to employees and independent contractors. ANSWER: False SKILL LEVEL: AACSB Analytic OBJECTIVE: AICPA Legal 3. A plaintiff claiming disparate impact discrimination based on sex must prove that the
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Interns Deserve Income Even though internships are still viewed as beneficial for students‚ some are beginning to argue that internships have become an easy source of free labor in tough times. Since job openings for young adults are quite scarce‚ the number of unpaid internships has sky rocketed over the years. For these reasons‚ federal and state regulators have been lead to believe that more employers are illegally using internships for free labor. The purpose of internships is to allow them
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Project Summary Employment Law Project Summary The employment relationship is a contractual one between an employer and a worker. The worker may be either an employee or an independent contractor. Distinguishing between the two is very important. It has an effect on compensation‚ benefits‚ harassment‚ family leave‚ workers’ compensation‚ unemployment insurance‚ and discrimination‚ (Moran‚ 2008‚ p. 3). In an employment relationship‚ authority is conveyed by an employer to an employee. Deciding
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Tutorial 2 – The Employment Relationship: Employment Status 1. What distinguishes employees from other types of workers? Why is that distinction important? While in the past an employee’s status was not a source of uncertainty‚ as the ‘servant’ and ‘master’ relationship was clearly defined by the socio-economic factors influencing society‚ nowadays more and more people fall into a ‘grey area’ where it is hard to distinguish whether a person can be classified as an employee‚ worker‚ or just
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PSYCHOLOGICAL CONTRACT AND EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSHIP Harold Andrew Patrick Coordinator OB and HRM‚ Institute of Management‚ Christ University‚ Bangalore haroldpatrick@christuniversity.in Abstract Psychological contract refers to mutual unwritten expectations that exist between an employee and his/her employer regarding polices and practices in their organization. Psychological contract influences the job attitudes and performance of employees. This study is aims at developing a deeper understanding
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