one for profits and one for a social mission. The film presents the external social pressure of giving back to the community. Greyston Bakery focuses one of its social efforts on providing employment to people within its own community using an open hiring process. Open hiring allows an opportunity for employment to anyone who walks through the doors regardless of previous history. The company views this as a way to help struggling community members get back on their feet and provide for themselves
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Assignment 2: Employment Laws Carla Griffin Dr. Queensberry Health Services Human Resource Management July 29, 2012 This paper will discuss employment laws that need to be most closely monitored in your organization and state, a sample job description for the role I am employed within an organization and how I would protect the organization from claims that what employees are asked to do once hired were not a part of the job description, the steps that should be taken to protect the organization
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Legal Scenarios LAW531 Legal Scenario 1 In this scenario, Pat relocated to Vermont to become a property manager for NewCorp. After working for three months, he was advised that he would be let go with severance pay for 30 days. Pat was never notified of any problem, and the supervisor told him only "that things were not working out". When he was hired, Pat received NewCorp's personnel manual, which outlined the company's process for handling unsatisfactory employees. He also
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Legal, Safety, and Regulatory Requirements HCS/341 February 1, 2014 Legal, Safety, and Regulatory Requirements The course syllabus for Human Resources in Health Care by Brown (2010) makes a debatable statement: "Common sense and compassion in the workplace has been replaced by litigation" (Version One). I disagree with this statement. Common sense and compassion are relative to the supplier. Therefore, federal regulatory agencies have ebeen created to establish and enforce
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the right to collective bargaining; * Principle 4: the elimination of all forms of forced and compulsory labour; * Principle 5: the effective abolition of child labour; and * Principle 6: the elimination of discrimination in respect of employment and occupation. Environment * Principle 7: Businesses should support a precautionary approach to environmental challenges; * Principle 8: undertake initiatives to promote greater environmental responsibility; and * Principle 9: encourage
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Employment-at-Will Doctrine Professor: May 1, 2014 Assignment # 1 Employment-at-Will Summary of the Employment-at-Will Doctrine The concept of At-will means that an employer can terminate an employee because of any reason but the illegal dismissals does not come under this category. Similarly, the employee will also have a choice to leave the job at any time with or without any reason. There would not be any adverse legal consequence in such a case. In some cases, the contents related
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Davis v. the Board of County Commissioners of Dana Ana County Patty Turner Dr. John Loblack HRM510 Business Employment Law 11/01/2012 Davis v. the Board of County Commissioners of Dana Ana County This case explores the fundamental legal issue of negligent referrals or misrepresentations of facts that an employer provides regarding a previous employee. Questions for the court to evaluate regarding the matter are: What if provided references are misleading
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Office Depot. Examining the equal opportunity laws will ensure the correct adopted policies regarding employment discrimination are put into place. What is considered discrimination in India may not be interpreted the same in America and vice versa. "The principle of employment discrimination enforcement is disarmingly simple: no one should be denied a job or a promotion or be fired simply because of his race. But this simple proposition conceals a nest of thorny legal and political questions about the
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requests, advances or favors that are sexual in nature and are unwelcome. It is also conduct that is sexually inclined. The conduct is either physical or verbal and submission to it either or implicitly makes it a term of a person’s employment. A person’s employment may depend on whether or not they give in to this pressure. McDonald and Backstrom (2008) define sexual harassment as an act associated with coercion or the use of threats and linking it to job benefits which are tangible. It is also
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Treatment for Those with Criminal Histories All states should require equal treatment for all individuals with criminal records and the expungement of criminal histories for non-violent offenders after a certain period of time in order to reduce employment discrimination and the unemployment of qualified individuals. With the great proliferation of technology in today’s society, it is very easy for employers to obtain almost any information they desire regarding an individual or potential employee
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