Title VII Employment discrimination law was set up to protect employees from discriminations based on race‚ religion‚ sex‚ age‚ etc. A growing body of law also seeks to prevent employment discrimination based on sexual orientation‚ marital and/or family status. The main body of employment discrimination laws consists of federal and state statutes. There are several federal employment discrimination laws. Some of them are well-known‚ while others not so much. The Equal Pay Act of 1963‚ protect people
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ADA Tutorial Graduate School of Management Employment Law The ADA was put in place to protect the rights and employment of individuals with a qualified diagnosed disability.In the ADA tutorial‚ Karina may be eligible for accommodations and to be protected under the ADA because she has met the two required conditions; she has met the qualifications to perform her job and she can perform her job duties with or without accommodations (EEOC‚ ADA‚ 2005). Once Karina provides the proper documentation
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Purpose of employment regulation and the way it is enforced in practice 1.1 Aims and objectives of employment regulation Origins of employment law date back to the 14th century‚ with the first labour legislation‚ the Ordinance of Labourers‚ being passed in 1349. It maintained wages at rates to be fixed from time to time by justice of the peace. However‚ it is not really until the early 19th century that we see a significant increase in change in employment law‚ and an ever-increasing speed of
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Drake and Keeler employer could argue the employment-at-will law was the reason for their discharge. According to Lisa Guerin‚ if Drake and Keeler are employed as at-will employees‚ then his or her employer does not need to have a good cause to fire him or her. In fact‚ if Drake and Keeler employer did not make it clear as to what kind of employee he or she was‚ then according to the law he or she is presumed to be hired as at-will. The only way Drake and Keeler can avoid being an at-will employee
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Employment Law: Workplace Racial Discrimination October 3‚ 2011 Employment Law: Workplace Racial Discrimination A number of federal and state laws prohibit racial discrimination. Racial discrimination is the practice of letting a person ’s race or skin color unfairly become a factor when deciding who receives a job‚ promotion‚ or other employment benefit. It most often affects minority individuals who feel they have been unfairly discriminated against in favor of a Caucasian (or white)
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Module Economic Approaches to Law Module Code: LADD040S7 Essay Title: ‘The most interesting aspect of the law and economics movement has been its aspiration to place the study of law on a scientific basis‚ with coherent theory‚ precise hypotheses deduced from theory‚ and empirical tests of hypotheses. Law is a social institution of enormous antiquity and importance‚ and I can see no reason why it should not be amenable to scientific study’ (Richard Posner‚ 1989) Critically assess
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Employment Law-Wrongful Dismissal Sandy Baratta (former Oracle Vice President for Global Alliance) vs Oracle (software and Hardware Company).2000-San Fransisco. Sandy Baratta claimed to have been fired for her pregnancy and whistle blowing against co-workers. The pregnancy termination claim was based on some deprecating comments made to her by the Oracle Vice President about pregnant executives. Sandy claims she was fired just after she had made a report about Oracle software group lifting some
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Employment Law Compliance Plan HRM/531 October 23‚ 2013 Employment Law Compliance Plan To: Traci Goldeman From: Celeste Parker Date: October 23‚ 2013 Subject: Employment Law Compliance Plan This memorandum is in regard to the request for an employee law compliance plan for Bradley Stonefield’s limousine service in Austin‚ Texas. Mr. Stonefield’s limousine service is expected to employ approximately 25 employees during the first year of service. The memorandum will discuss various local
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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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EMPLOYMENT LAW: TITLE VII ZAB TITLE VII: Prohibits policies or practices that are not intended to be discriminatory‚ but which have a disproportionate adverse effect on minorities DISPARATE TREATMENTS‚ IMPACT & CLAIMS .What does disparate treatment means? .Employment discrimination .What does disparate impact means? .A way to prove discrimination .What kind of claims can be brought as a disparate treatment claim? .An employer
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