to have a reduction in the workforce by terminating employees you have to be mindful you do not violate employment laws. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is the reason why the Equal Employment Opportunities Commission was passed. The reason for the EEOC is to help employees with a legal recourse and to make sure that they are treated fair and have an equal consideration with respect to employment and termination. Employees sometimes feel that employers engage in unfair practices. On rare occasion this
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Ethical Decision International businesses have different ethical laws that apply to the employees and the employers. When an unethical situation occurs in a company, it is important to know the ethical standards of that company and also the rights of the employee and the employer. Understanding the rights and ethical standards of an organization helps an employee or the employer make the right choice when an unethical situation arrives. Mary, a recently graduate from college is currently working
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Employment-At-Will Doctrine By Carla Anderson Professor Shaun Koenig Law, Ethics, and Corporate Governance November 9, 2014 Employment-At-Will is a legal doctrine which gives employers broad discretion to fire employees for a good reason, a bad reason, or no reason at all (Halbert, & Ingulli, 2012). With employment-at-will, an employer has the right to change its policies or terms of employment without notice. Therefore, benefits and wages can be modified devoid of notice. Understanding
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services, and also the public school system. In this paper, social service work will be examined. Though selection is important, the steps of training employees are equally imperative. Altogether, this comes with concerns that could include legal and ethical obligations as organizations attempt to hire the right individual for the job. Industrial/Organizational Psychology to Select & Train Employees Some large corporate companies and government agencies, such as social services devote millions of
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were set into place to show how claims of sexual harassment should be addressed within a timely matter. 5. Generally speaking I do agree that any sexual harassment case would raise more ethical questions on the employer due to that fact sexual harassment is purely an ethical matter. Now whether or not the ethical matter is assessed to be right or wrong purely comes from the eyes of the beholder, but generally speaking within our society today sexual harassment is taken
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unit 13 assignment 1 planning recruitment Indtroduction 1.1 what is recruitment? Ans. The action or process of hiring someone. Ans. The process of adding new individual to a population or sub poplation. 1 what are reason for vacancy? An A) employee leaving B)High turnover C )Extra work D )Sickness E ) Got different work F) Maternity cover References from level 3 book 3 what happen in recruitment planning? Ans . Receiving applications: Acknowledge
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meanings behind them. Diversity in the workplace means that the employer voluntarily promotes an inclusive workplace and Title VII permits diversity opportunities to everyone. Affirmative Action in employment is designed to eliminate discrimination in the workplace in the areas of recruitment, hiring and promotion. Each employer is responsible for developing an affirmative action plan because it is the law and because
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(Wilkinson, T.M 2004) In my review of the case study “Minimum Wages and Employment: A Case Study of the Fast-Food Industry in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.” the authors reviewed several forms of data to see if the increase in minimum wage effected employment in New Jersey and eastern Pennsylvania’s fast food industry. What they found was that in New Jersey’ increase in minimum wage didn’t decrease total employment, however, it did reduce the number of hours worked by employees. However, the
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The ongoing negotiations between The Ontario Public School Boards’ Association (OPSBA), the government and the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO) have once again broken down. Negotiations and disputes between teachers, management and the government can get heated, especially when all parties have different views. Craig’s model provides a more systematic approach to IR issues than that of Dunlop and can be used to examine the temporal effect though the feedback loop. Craig presented
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courses. ASDA and the NHS The government’s choices on education and training has a very big impact on the ways that ASDA and the NHS operate and the level of skills in their businesses. This is to ensure that employees are being trained for new employment in areas that will help the economy. This political factor dictates the type of qualifications that are studied and which qualifications money is invested in. It also supports different types of training such as literacy and numeracy skills that
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