According to Walsh (2010) at the turn of the twentieth century, employment law was virtually nonexistent in the United States. A major breakthrough came in the 1930’s with the enactment of the National Labor Relations Act and the Fair Labor Standards Act. The Civil Rights Act of 1866 (was drafted mainly to help African-American) declared that people born in the United States and not subject to any foreign power are entitled
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government came introduced The Equal Employment Opportunity Act (EEO). There are major federal laws that attempt to correct social problems of the protected classes. A protected class is individuals of a minority race, women, older people, and those with disabilities who are covered by federal laws on EEO. Some of the laws are equal pay act of 1963, civil rights act of 1964, age discrimination in employment act of 1967, EEO act of 1972, pregnancy
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it has, and the type of discrimination alleged”. More specific to small businesses, “If a complaint against a business (or some other private employer) involves race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, disability or genetic information, the business is covered by the laws we enforce if it has 15 or more employees who worked for the employer for at least twenty calendar weeks (in this year or last)”. In regards to age discrimination, an employer must have less
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Business Entities, Laws, and Regulations Paper University Of Phoenix Business Entities, Laws, and Regulations Paper Successful management of a business entity is dependent on understanding industry structure, taxation, laws, regulations, risks, motivation, and a business plan. The business structure will affect profits, business liability, and taxes. A sole proprietorship, an LLC, or corporation, requires research and planning to determine which structure is right for a business. Equally important
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relationships. • The employee in an employer-employee relationship is authorized to act on behalf of the employer in all business situations. • The principal in a principal-agent relationship has no authority over contracts made by the agent. • The employee in an employer-employee relationship can sign contracts on behalf of the employer. • The agent in a principal-agent relationship is authorized to act on behalf of the principal. 2. In certain types of agencies, the parties involved
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Lowe's Companies, Inc. Sued for Race Discrimination http://www.eeoc.gov/press/3-24-04.html The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 24, 2004 CONTACT: Katharine W. Kores, Regional Attorney (901) 544-1051 Faye Williams, Supervisory Trial Attorney (901) 544-0088 Deidre Smith Senior Trial Attorney (901) 544-0140 TTY: (901) 544-0112 LOWE'S COMPANIES, INC. SUED FOR RACE DISCRIMINATION EEOC Litigation Says Home Improvement Giant Rejected Qualified Black Job
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be managing the business’s activities would be the general partners. Miriam who is providing the financial backing but will not be making daily business decisions would be the limited partner. According to the Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act (RULPA), in order to begin their limited partnership, Lou, Jose and Miriam will need to create and sign a certificate of limited partnership (Cheeseman, 2010). In the state of Colorado, the group will need to create a name for the partnership that must
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have on smaller businesses. The EEOC defines a small business as one that has 500 or less employees. However, the resources of a company with 400 employees has access to can greatly differ from a company that has ten. The Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA) allows agencies to potentially scale back certain regulatory rules in certain situations to protect small businesses from being devastated by laws that large businesses would have to abide by. According to the EEOC website, the RFA “requires
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Harassment Charges Introduction According to a lawsuit that was filed by two women of EMC are alleging sexual comments, company-paid trips, and also the failure to promote women for the same experience, and on the same basis as male employees where discrimination is not happening. While reading it states that women were being paid lower wages and thus may have been creating a hostile and offensive environment for women and thus making it harder for them to work there. It states that the firm has gathered
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Business Entities, Laws, and Regulations Mario Stinson BUS/415 August 16, 2012 Dr. Geneace Williams Business Entities, Laws, and Regulations Restaurant/Bar: Lou and Jose are planning on opening the restaurant/bar but are short on funds so they plan to use Miriam as an investor and make him/her a percentage owner. In their case Lou and José’s best choice for their business entity would be a Legal Liability Company (LLC). Since they have an investor in the business this stockholder represents
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