Team Name: D Date: May 19, 2014 HRM/300: Fundamentals of Human Resources Equal Employment Opportunity & Employee Rights Review Content 60 Percent The student’s presented the following: Provided a general summary describing your chosen laws or issues For each law presented, provided a current court case that has challenged your selected law or issue. Defined any implications for HR in managing employeremployee relationship in the context of the law or issue. Provided an HR Policy for compliance
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Child Bullying and Workplace Violence Kyle Gerner Dr. Kenneth Lynch Business Law I 4 May 2013 Child Bullying and Workplace Violence Child bullying is one of the greatest challenges the younger generation faces today, in my opinion, while work place violence is problems faced by adults. To me it would seem the mitigating factor of bullying is associated with the divorce rate that is in America, while it seems for workplace violence there is no one real cause. We will cover a wide variety
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OSHA The Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) is a federal agency that operates under the U.S. Department of Labor. They are a law regulating agency that enforces laws that are put in place to protect employees in their place of work. The mission of OSHA is to ensure that businesses provide safe and healthy working environments for all their employees. In 1974 OSHA was developed and established by congress. In the 1960s there was a 20% rise in work-related accidents and injuries
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adjustment in its aftermath, including increased depression, stress, alcohol abuse and decreased self-esteem. Bullying is defined as repeated aggressive behavior which is intended to harm or disturb a person in which the conflict is assymetrical and one group is more powerful than the other (Nansel et. al., 2001). While bullying is primarily thought of as being something that is done in school, it also commonly occurs in the workplace (Quine, 1999). The definition for adult bullying appears to be similar;
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Further, as the company continues to grow, more and more people are becoming a part of these celebrations. Thus, it could get out of hand more quickly. III. Systems Affected 1. Quantum Software is affected via their employee atmosphere within the workplace. This is especially true because of their 16 hour work days and 6 day a week schedule. Therefore, the spirit and morale of Quantum will be impacted. 2. New hires are in turn affected, because if the culture is not what it once was, it could become
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Krypton Night Hotel Policy Alcohol Policy : Alcoholic beverage service is restricted to those 21 years or older with valid identification. Sexual Harassment : Sexual harassment can be defined as unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other statements or actions of a sexual or gender-based nature when: • the harasser states or implies that giving in to or rejecting such conduct will affect an individual's employment; or • such conduct unreasonably interferes with an individual’s
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friends according to similar interests, when one of them experiment with drugs, alcohol or smoking the other will be quick to jump on board. A family history of substance abuse is an important risk for individuals. The community and surroundings is also very important, people who live in areas with a high presence of drugs and friends that abuse drugs are more likely to develop a habit. In today’s society, the workplace requires alertness, accurate, and quick reflexes. Anything that impairs the
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Drug testing at work presents us with a difficult ethical dilemma raising a question: How businesses can respect individual’s basic right to privacy and at the same time provide a safe and productive work environment. Drug testing at workplace is a serious ethical and legal issue with opponents claiming that it is directly infringing on employee’s constitutional rights to privacy. Drug testing can be viewed as a form of a search and seizure under the Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution
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lost due to illness and disability (known as disability-adjusted life years) (Colin Mathers, PhD, coordinator for mortality and burden of disease at the WHO). Majority of the U.K. population is exposed to a total of 8 risk factors (hypertension, alcohol use, tobacco use, high body mass index, high cholesterol, high blood glucose, low fruit and vegetable intake, and physical
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