Human Resources Task 1: Memorandum to Chief Executive Officer WGU Toy Company Western Governors University In partial fulfillment of the requirements of Human Resources JDT2 Memorandum to Chief Executive Officer WGU Toy Company TO: WGU Toy Company, Chief Executive Officer FROM: Elementary Division Manager DATE: June 18, 2013 SUBJECT: Constructive Discharge Claim As a result of a work schedule policy change at WGU Toy Company, a constructive discharge
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an employer is required by law to provide an employee religious accommodations once the employee request it, assuming it does not place an unreasonable hardship on the employer (EEOC, Religious Discrimination). The facts discovered to date are: 1. The former employee was a long term, valued, well liked, employee with a stellar performance reviews and employment record. 2. The resignation occurred after the new 7-day work schedule policy went into effect. 3. We can find no record of written
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According to The University of Chicago Law Review (1986), constructive discharge occurs when the working conditions of an employee are so unbearable and discriminatory that any sensible person would quit. The plaintiff must be able to prove two things: (1) that the working conditions were intolerable, and (2) that the employer deliberately created those conditions with the intent to cause the plaintiff to quit (Finnegan and Sheila, 1986). Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits employers
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Based on my research the employee’s doesn’t have a valid case under Constructive discharge. Constructive discharge is when an employee leaves her job because her employer made her working condition so terrible, that she was obligated to quit. Under EEOC Reasonable Accommodation & Religion “the law requires an employer to reasonable accommodator an employee’s religious beliefs or practices” retrieved from http://www.eeoc.gov/laws/practices/index/cfm / Our former employee claims that because of
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To: Company CEO From: Date: Subject: How the company should respond to the employee’s claim of constructive discharge. Constructive discharge is a legal concept that is part of the Federal Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Law, which prohibits job discrimination. This part of the EEO addresses changes in the policies/procedure in employment that result in creating an environment with the intention of targeting a specific person or groups to force
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religious discrimination, and is valid under section 703. (a) Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which defines unlawful employment practices. (a) Employer practices It shall be an unlawful employment practice for an employer - (1) to fail or refuse to hire or to discharge any individual, or otherwise to discriminate against any individual with respect to his compensation, terms, conditions, or privileges of employment, because of such individual’s race, color, religion, sex
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It has come to my attention that a former employee has filed suit against All About Toys claiming constructive discharge and that All About Toys allegedly violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. To summarize the plaintiff’s concern, the production staff’s shift matrix was redesigned as a means of accommodating recent company growth. All staff members were included in this restructure that altered the days/shifts from the prior Monday through Friday model previously in use. The
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Counsel, the following Equal Employment Opportunity Commission legal and regulatory requirements have been cited as applicable to the claim: 1. Under Title VII, it is unlawful for employers to discriminate against an applicant or employee (or former employee), based upon that person’s “race, color, religion, sex or national origin or protected activity”. 1 2. “Religious discrimination involves treating a person (applicant or employee) unfavorably because of his or her religious beliefs”2 or practices
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accommodate to an employee’s or prospective employee’s religious observance or practice without undue hardship on the conduct of the employer’s business. Section 2000e-2 a1 states: It shall be an unlawful employment practice for an employer- 1. To fail or refuse to hire or to discharge any individual, or otherwise to discriminate against any individual with respect to his compensation, terms, conditions, or privileges or employment, because of
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To: CEO Executive Team Subject: RJDT Task 2: Code of Ethics As the Elementary Division Manager it is my responsibility to establish and enforce a Code of Ethics regarding the distribution of whistles. The decision whether to distribute the whistles as scheduled or incur additional cost to reproduce/repackage the whistle involves exercising ethical decision making. According to the quality assurance manager, the whistles have traces of lead above the U.S. legal acceptable limits for children
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