and ethical issues will be examined in determining how the largest private employer in the United States could have fallen prey to unfair labor practices. "In 1999‚ women constituted 72% of Wal-Mart’s hourly employees‚ but only 33% of its managerial employees" (Bhatnagar‚ 2004). This fact and many others are the reasons many people allege that Wal-Mart has unfair labor practices. The Dukes v. Wal-Mart case challenged the hiring‚ promotion and pay practices of Wal-Mart. The case was filed in
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1. Recruitment and selection activities within a high-performance organization include three of the following. Which is not a recruitment and selection activity within a high-performance organization? | A. Finding employees who innovate‚ share ideas‚ and take initiative | B. Selection methods that concentrate on identifying technical skills only | C. Selection methods that include group interviews‚ open-ended questions‚ and psychological tests | D. Finding employees who are enthusiastic
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these unethical business practices include the following. Unfair Business Ethics for the Employees of Wal-Mart Wal-Mart is a superstore that has facilities all over the world. Wal-Mart is known as the friendly neighbor superstore. But until recently Wal-Mart has found it’s self not so friendly and is battling in unfair labor practices. An employee working for the Wal-Mart in New York has accused the world’s top retailer of unfair labor practices. The suit‚ which seeks class action status‚ was
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August 10‚ 2012 Write a 200- to 300-word response in which you describe the distinctions between jails and prisons. Address the following in your comparison. The differences between jails and prison are that jails are locally functioned short term imprisonment facilities initially constructed to grasp defendant’s subsequent capture and unresolved track. Prison is a habitation where sentenced criminals oblige time as sentence for violating the law is a comparatively new expansion in the conduct
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Darla Thompson Business Law 107 Agency and Employment Exam 1. This fact pattern revolves around the termination of an agency. The duration of an agency is usually stated in the parties’ agreement. In general‚ either party may terminate an agency at any time for any reason; however if the terminating party is in violation of the contract terms‚ they may be liable for damages. In this case‚ Barnes was designated as a special agent‚ authorized to make decisions in the management of one specific
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SYNOPSIS Topic: Understanding unfair Competition in Intellectual Property. Authors: Suyash Sinha (Roll: 56) & Vaibhav Tyagi (Roll: 46) [BBA(LLB)Hons.‚ VIIIth Semester] Summary: The idea of unfair competition has been around for some time and was mentioned as one of the ways of protecting intellectual property as early as 1900 in the Brussels revision of the Paris Convention. It can best be seen as practices that distort the free operation of intellectual property and the reward system that it
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The unfair dismissal laws are a set of laws which dictate the terms of terminating an employee and reimbursements to be made if they are terminated unfairly. However‚ these laws‚ dictated by the Fair Work Commission‚ are flawed and extremely biased towards the employee. As a direct result of this‚ it is almost impossible for employers to fire vexatious employees‚ leading to an unjust environment. The Fair Work Commission decides on potential cases of unfair employee dismissal‚ imposing a legally
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Unfair Dismissal Acts 1977 – 2007 1. What workers are excluded from the protection of the Unfair Dismissals Acts? • Employees with less than one year’s continuous service‚ but this does not apply when the dismissal results from pregnancy or trade union activities – dismissal for such reasons is indefensible • Employees who have reached normal retiring age • Close relatives of the employer‚ employed and living at the employer’s residence or farm • Members of the Defence Forces or Gardai
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The goal of this paper is to prove‚ using distinctive evidence that the Canadian Criminal Justice System is unfair. This paper argues that many Canadians of different race‚ religion‚ and sexual orientation are treated unfair in the Criminal Justice System. It is extremely important to argue that the Canadian Criminal Justice System is unfair because most Canadians are unaware of the vast majority of hate crimes committed by the police. As mentioned previously‚ the majority of Canadians are overall
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The Human service profession includes many fields of work including counselors who help people or groups of people talk and overcome their issues‚ advocates who defend the client’s rights‚ case workers who assess and make arrangements for the treatment plan or services the person will need‚ and behavioral specialists who help change the wrong behaviors of the patient or client. This is just a small list of fields that a human services professional could be involved with. Throughout history mental
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