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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Employment Law Outline General Theme for Regulating/Not Regulating: Structure of Legal Responses to Problem 1. Economic Rational a. Inefficient for government to intervene b. People best at knowing what they want (rational beings) 2. In balance of information between employer/employee (safety) 3. Power inbalances a. Employees may have no other options (captive) b. Employers have more power in general 4. People are irrational‚ don’t know what is best for them 5. Social cost to society from “rational”
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HRM and Employment Relationships Employment Relationship Employment Relationship can economical‚ social and political relationship in which employees provide manual and mental labour in exchange for reward from employers (Gospel and Palmer 1993) There are 4 Dimensions within the employment relationship * Economic exchange – Wage-effort bargain * Socio-political - Power * Legal/Contractual * Psychological contract/social exchange Contract of employment is formed when an offer
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“Employment Discrimination in 2014” Employment discrimination law in the United States derives from the common law‚ and a collection of state and federal laws‚ particularly the Civil Rights Act 1964‚ as well as by ordinances of counties and municipalities. Discriminating against another because of a specific characteristic is illegal. You would think that in this day and time discrimination was a thing of the past. You would actually be surprised to know that it exists now just as much as before
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charge of discrimination‚ participating in an investigation‚ or opposing discriminatory practices; employment decisions based on stereotypes or assumptions about the abilities‚ traits‚ or performance of individuals of a certain sex‚ race‚ age‚ religion‚ or ethnic group‚ or individuals with disabilities‚ or based on myths or assumptions about and individual’s genetic information and; denying employment opportunities to a person because of marriage to‚ or association with‚ an individual of a particular
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Employment Law Employment Law is about the legal relationship between an employer and an employee. It is based on the contract of employment. It protects both the employer and the employee. The laws on employment come from: • Statutes passed by the UK Parliament‚ such as the Employment Act 1990 and the equal pay Act 1970; • European Community in the form of regulations and directives. • Common Law‚ which is based on normal practice and includes things like
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Managing Employment Relation Factors on employment relationship The employee relation is a balancing act between what the employee and employer needs. Employees generally want to make enough money to live comfortably and be able to have a good balance between work and home life‚ the employer usually want to make money or provide a good service( depending on the organisation) and to have employees work hard without paying employees too much. There is a fine line between the both of them‚ they
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MATTHEW CABLE has completed the Firefighter Employment Scenario with the following responses: Although it’s not clear in the story whether an associates degree is a precondition for taking the exam‚ in your opinion‚ should a degree be a requirement to sit for the exam? Yes Why or why not? A Fire science degree should be a requirement to take the test. It shows that the fire fighter it trying to improve him or her self and become more knowledgeable of their craft. It also shows that they are committed
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Employment law in United State Literature Review Employment law evolved from contract law and master-servant law to deal with the unique problems characterizing the modern employment relationship. The first task is to determine the difference between a firm’s relationships with an outside contractor selling services and second its relationship with an employee. The difference not only affects the area of law that regulates the relationship‚ but it also affects the relevant tax law. In the United
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to the definition of employment‚ she is called an unpaid family worker‚ usually a person who works without pay in an economic enterprise operated by a related person living in the same household. This group includes individuals who worked without pay for 15 hours or more per week in a family-owned enterprise. That’s why Lisa is counted as employed. Regarding unpaid family workers‚ they comprise a relatively small proportion of total employment‚ because almost all employment population is employed
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