Employment Law Midterm 1. DePeters‚ Co. is sued for sex discrimination on the grounds that too few women are hired because fewer women than men achieve passing scores on a required manual dexterity and physical strength test. DePeters‚ Co. offers in its defense that even though fewer women score high enough on the test‚ a greater percentage of the passing women are hired. The company maintains that‚ as a result‚ the percentage of women in the workforce mirrors the percentage of available women
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Betty Weiland HR 420 Employment Law Kaplan University Professor Susan Knapp Union Establishment North Carolina was the least unionized state in the country as 2.9 % of its 3.6 million workers carry a union card. But SITEL organized an unprecedented organizing union drive in 2012. On a May afternoon it started by the Local 238 International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers-grouped together with the SITEL employees to form a union. A lot of the workers were afraid. But organization of a union
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Employment Law and HRM Strategy Introduction Employment laws play a critical role in human resources management strategies and in an organization operation. Employee laws are design to protect the employees by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) “ federal enforcement agency enacted to ensure that employers follow and abide by rules set forth in the Civil Rights Acts of 1964”(Web Finance‚ 2012). However‚ the act insisted of “people
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EMPLOYMENT LAW Introduction The aim of this Assessment is to demonstrate an understanding of employment regulation and how it is enforced. Other areas covered include; how to manage recruitment‚ manage issues relating to pay and working time lawfully and how to ensure that staff are treated lawfully when they at work. Finally it will cover managing performance and disciplinary matters lawfully. Activity 1 The purpose of Employment Law is to provide legal protection to employees and employers. Employment
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.................... 4 1. Industrial Employment (standing orders) Act‚ 1946 ............................................................................. 4 2. Industrial Dispute Act‚ 1947 .................................................................................................................. 5 3. The Payment of Wages Act‚ 1936 ......................................................................................................... 5 Role of HR Manager in maintaining discipline ....
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o Differential/unequal treatment – For example‚ it is illegal for an employer to request that only female applicants for a factory job demonstrate their lifting skills‚ or to insist that any candidates with a physical disability undergo a pre-employment medical‚ unless all applicants are being asked to do so. o Indirect – An employer may not ask someone else to discriminate on his or her behalf. o Based on association – It involves the denial of rights because of friendship or other relationship
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Employment Law 1 Employment Law Employment Law 2 Employment Law Explain the constitutional basis for the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) with reference to the Australian Constitution and discuss the relationship with Australian common law‚ with reference to the National Employment Standards. The Fair Work Act‚ 2009 is a labour welfare legislation aimed at improving the relations between employees and employers so that productive workplace relations can be formulated which would further help in
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LAWS OF MALAYSIA REPRINT Act 265 EMPLOYMENT ACT 1955 Incorporating all amendments up to 1 January 2006 PUBLISHED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF LAW REVISION‚ MALAYSIA UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF THE REVISION OF LAWS ACT 1968 IN COLLABORATION WITH PERCETAKAN NASIONAL MALAYSIA BHD 2006 2 Laws of Malaysia ACT 265 EMPLOYMENT ACT 1955 First enacted … Revised … … … … … … … … … 1955 (F.M. Ordinance No. 38 of 1955) 1981 (Act 265 w.e.f. 18 February 1982) PREVIOUS REPRINTS First Reprint Second
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A contract of employment is a category of contract used in labour law to attribute right and responsibilities between parties to a bargain. On the one end stands an "employee" who is "employed" by an "employer". It has arisen out of the old master-servant law‚ used before the 20th century. Put generally‚ the contract of employment denotes a relationship of economic dependence and social subordination. In the words of the influential labour lawyer Sir Otto Kahn-Freund‚ "The relation between an employer
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