computer programmers ** primary duty is management Exceptions do not apply to : police, firefighters, nurses, public-safety workers, white-collar earning > $100,000/yr, computer programmers, dental hygienists, insurance adjusters • LABOR UNIONS o National Labor Relations Act- right of employees to engage in collective bargaining and to strike Employer practices unfair to labor: • Interference with employee efforts to form, join, assist labor org • Employer’s domination of labor org • Discrimination
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Assignment 3-Employer’s Duty of Care 1. Explain whether Jake’s actions are in or out of “his scope of employment.” In the video Jake is a master mechanic that fixes cars and does oil changes at a dealership. The dealership is offering a free oil changes as a special promotion to get customers at the dealership. Ever since the special promotion started Jack has been putting in a lot of hours and working overtime to productively get cars in and out in a timely manner. Jake hurt his hand while
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Rights and Responsibilities. Rights and responsibilities of employers Many of the employer’s right relate to their responsibilities. Rights are legal, social, or ethical principles of freedom or entitlement; that is, rights are the fundamental rules about what is allowed of people or owed to people. Responsibilities is a duty or obligation to satisfactorily perform or complete a task (assigned by someone, or
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establish an employer's liability for the actions of its employee in a tort action, plaintiff must prove that an Employee/Employer relationship actually existed and, that the tortious conduct of the employee occurred within the "scope of his employment." The respondent superior also states that restatement sets forth various factors to determine whether unauthorized conduct is similar to or incidental to the conduct that caused the incident. In this particular scenario, the employer's best defense
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employee and the various exemption criteria established for identifying this group of workers. An exempt employee is one that the minimum wage and overtime requirements of the FLSA do not affect, if they meet certain requirements regarding job duties and responsibilities and are compensated on a salary basis and not less than stated amounts. In order to be considered “salaried,” employees must receive their full salary for any workweek in which they perform any work without considering the number
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1-877-889-5627 *Telecommunications Device for the Deaf. Internet: www.wagehour.dol.gov PART 785—HOURS WORKED Sleeping Time and Certain Other Activities § 785.20 General. § 785.21 Less than 24-hour duty. § 785.22 Duty of 24 hours or more. § 785.23 Employees residing on employer’s premises or working at home. Section Contents Subpart A—General Considerations § 785.1 Introductory statement. § 785.2 Decisions on interpretations; use of interpretations. § 785.3 Period of effectiveness
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April 27, 2011 Parren K. Shannon, JD LEG500 1. Explain if it matters that a parent literally had nothing to do with a biological child in order for the child to take advantage of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) to care for that parent. Whether a parent had anything to do with the child or not is not relevant. The qualifications to participate in Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 are as follows the FMLA does not apply to all employees, or to all employers. The
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Code of ethiCs And stAndArds of ProfessionAl ConduCt Preamble The CFA Institute Code of Ethics and Standards of Professional Conduct are fundamental to the values of CFA Institute and essential to achieving its mission to lead the investment profession globally by setting high standards of education, integrity, and professional excellence. High ethical standards are critical to maintaining the public’s trust in financial markets and in the investment profession. Since their creation in the 1960s
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Nurses Association Code of Ethics provides a guideline to follow in a case that involves ethical dilemmas. In the case of Marianne, the ethical issues that arise is providing enough information for the family so they can make a decision on Marianne’s care. According to the American Nurses Association Code of Ethics, a nurse must practice with compassion, respect and be primarily committed to the patient weather individual, family, group, or community. (Thompson, 1998) In Marianne’s case, in regards
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Nurses Association Code of Ethics provides a guideline to follow in a case that involves ethical dilemmas. In the case of Marianne, the ethical issues that arise is providing enough information for the family so they can make a decision on Marianne’s care. According to the American Nurses Association Code of Ethics, a nurse must practice with compassion, respect and be primarily committed to the patient weather individual, family, group, or community. (Thompson, 1998) In Marianne’s case, in regards
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