Week 3 Natty Mckiness Employee Legal Issue This week we are discussing employee legal issues. A current issue involves whether employers can refuse to hire smokers in order to save on insurance costs. Several companies have issued such restrictions and have been successful on lawsuits by employees who are smokers. Atlantic Beach‚ FL (near Jacksonville) recently instituted a ban on hiring smokers. The city has implemented a policy that says it won’t hire anyone who uses tobacco products or tests
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ASSIGNMENT – LEGAL FRAMEWORK FOR MANAGERS TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Question 1 and Answers Page 2 2. Question 2 and Answers Page 2 3. Question 3 and Answers Page 4 4. Question 4 and Answers Page 6 5. Question 5 and Answers Page 7 6. Question 6 and Answers Page 12 1. QUESTION 1 State any rights in which the Employment Act 1955 gives exclusive protection to female employees. 1.1. ANSWER 1 As stipulated in Employment Act 1955: a) Under Section 34(1)‚ employers
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capitalism‚ a free and fair market that treats everyone equally. It protects customers from theft‚ fraud‚ and prevents other businesses from taking favorable positions and unfair advantage of their competitors. One of the essential ethical and legal prevention is Copyrights. It is considered as a protection from issues related to intellectual properties. Such Preventions is an assurance to many industries‚ from movie publishers‚ to computer software industries. In without copyright regulations‚ many
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detrimental effect on the morale of the entire workforce. Managers must identify the underperforming employees within their organization and deal with the behavior immediately. Step 1 Document the performance problems you observe. If the employee’s performance issues were raised as a concern by someone else‚ verify the allegations are legitimate by reviewing his work product. Research the employee’s work history and performance reviews to determine if the problem is a new behavior or if the worker has
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Legal requirements for employee benefits As we discussed earlier in this chapter‚ some benefits are required by law. This requirement adds to the cost of compensating employees. Organizations looking for ways to control staffing costs may look for ways to structure the workforce so as to minimize the expense of benefits. They may require overtime rather than adding new employee‚ hire part-time rather than full-time workers(because part-time employees generally receive much smaller benefits
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4 Potential sources of risk The following potential sources of risk to the health and safety of persons have been identified‚ and must‚ as a minimum‚ be appropriately addressed by the principal contractor in the principal contractor’s Health and Safety Plan. In addition‚ the principal contractor must perform its own risk assessments to enable it to take the necessary precautions to protect the health and safety of persons on the site‚ to comply with the principal contractor’s obligations under
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date: May 2010 Print ISBN-13: 9780199207268 Published to Oxford Handbooks Online: May-10 Subject: Business and Management‚ Human Resource Management‚ Organizational Theory and Behaviour DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199207268.001.0001 An HRM Perspective on Employee Participation Peter Boxall‚ John Purcell DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199207268.003.0002 Abstract and Keywords Since the 1980s‚ human resource management (HRM) has become the most widely recognized term in the Anglophone world referring
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Legal Advice BAP Fashions PSYCH/705 October 13‚ 2014 University of Phoenix Legal Advice Introduction Employment selection is a complex practice that needs an extensive planning. EEO regulation has considerably induced to inspire organizations’ in their recruitment activities. All staffing measures for each job classification must be reviewed to eliminate unfair judgments. Recruitment interviewing is also more complex and challenging because of EEO legislation and court decisions. Organizations
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description for each of the different members of a legal team. Include description of the skill that are necessary to manage a paw practice in the age of technology. Legal Manager or Supervising Attorney. The Legal Manager’s primary duty is to provide leadership to those beneath him/her and ensure efficient and effective management of their staff and resources in the legal department. If anyone was to have any doubts or questions the Legal manager should be able to address these issues. They are to
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faced daunting task of making a legal call when determining if monitoring employee behavior is appropriate at all times. In essence‚ “Little Brother” is always watching. According to Schulman (2013)‚ Little Brother represents the tremendous capabilities technology as provided for employers to keep track of what their work force is up to. Several programs are available that search e-mails‚ as well as software to block objectionable websites. The most brazen of manager and supervisors can simply go
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