Legal Risk & Opportunity in Employment Joe Kroeger Business Law 531 January 10, 2011 Marlene Wilhite Legal Risk & Opportunity in Employment The following assessment will discuss legal risks and opportunities in employment law when discussing three different scenarios at WireTech. I will discuss what WireTech’s liability is and what legal principles are relevant to the situation. In Legal Encounter 1, Clark was discharged after three months without any indication of unsatisfactory
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Legal Risk and Opportunity in Employment The following assessment will discuss legal risks and opportunities involves in three NewCorp legal encounters. The decision for each counter will be supported by legal principles from management of employee conduct and employment discrimination (Jennings, M. M, 2006). In Legal Encounter 1, In a principal and agent relationship, NewCorp exercises a great deal of control over Pat Grey. Pat is in high level of supervision and control. His scope of employment
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obtaining legal advice, NewCorp has requested Team C to make the following assessments regarding the legal risks and opportunities involved in these three legal encounters. The assessments will include the liabilities from NewCorp’s perspective as well as the employee’s perspective along with the regulatory and compliance requirements. The assessments will also reference some of the legal principles in this week’s reading materials that support our decisions. Legal Risk and Opportunity in Employment
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Legal Risk and Opportunity in Employment Law 531 Charles Cook February 7, 2011 Legal Risk and Opportunity in Employment Legal Encounter 1 NewCorp violated a breach of contract with Pat in this case. While NewCorp is an “at-will” employer, they provided an employee handbook to Pat which outlined the procedure for disciplinary process involving the requirement of corrective action. NewCorp failed to follow their own process which supports the wrongful termination suit. Additionally, the
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Legal Risk and Opportunity in Employment Tester Pester LAW/531 November 7, 2010 Lame Duck Abstract This paper analyzes the legal principles and remedies behind the three scenarios described in the simulation. Legal Risk and Opportunity in Employment Legal Encounter One NewCorp hired Pat Grey as a property manager. NewCorp fired Pat after three months. Pat thinks it is not related to performance but other outside issues. NewCorp maintains that it is not working out with Pat, so he is
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Legal Risk 1 Running head: LEGAL RISK AND OPPORTUNITY IN EMPLOYMENT Legal Risk and Opportunity in Employment Cindy Simmons University of Phoenix Legal Risk and Opportunity in Employment Legal Encounter 1: . The policies outlined by Newcorp were not followed gave Pat Grey the right to claim wrongful termination. Newcorp did not follow its own policy which states “If the job performance of an employee is unsatisfactory, the employee will be notified of the deficiency and placed
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Legal Risk and Opportunity in Employment Yolanda Baker LAW/521 February 14, 2011 Kathryn Harris Abstract There are several encounters that can take place in the workplace that can hold a company legally liable. These include violations of Equal Opportunity in employment and OSHA regulations. This paper will discuss in detail certain violations to include wrongful terminations, at will employment laws, sexual harassment and unsafe working conditions. Legal Encounter 1 - Wrongful Discharge
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Term Paper On ETHICAL AND LEGAL CONTEXT OF HRM Course No: 222 Prepared for Imrana Yasmin Assistant Professor Dept. of Marketing University of Dhaka Prepared by BRAINTRUST Section-B BBA 15th Batch Department of Marketing University of Dhaka Submission date: October 30, 2010 GROUP PROFILE |SL No |Name |Roll | |01 |Asif Mohammad Shakil
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Legal Risk and Opportunity Law/531 Legal Risk and Opportunity in Employment Business Law- LAW/531 Legal Risk and Opportunity in Employment Legal Encounter #1 In legal encounter 1, there are definite liability issues on WireTechs behalf. The first legal principle is the employee handbook presented to Clark at the beginning of his employment with WireTech. The employee handbook could represent a contract between the employer and the employee. Upon employment Clark did acknowledge that the company
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LAW-531-Week-2-Assignment-Business-Regulation-Simulation-VERSION-2 LAW-531-Week-2-Assignment-Recognizing-and-Minimizing-Tort-and-Regulatory-Risk LAW-531-Week-2-DQs LAW-531-Week-3-Assignment-Recognizing-Contract-Risk-and-Opportunities LAW-531-Week-3-DQs LAW-531-Week-4-Assignment-Legal-Risk-and-Opportunity-in-Employment LAW-531-Week-4-DQs LAW-531-Week-5-DQs LAW-531-Week-5-Risk-Arising-in-Tangible-Property-and-Intellectual-Property LAW-531-Week-6-Assignment-Corporate-Compliance-Plan LAW-531-Week-6-DQs
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