Federal Employment Law
Required Reading:
Agle, B., Miller, A., & ORourke, B. (2016). The business ethics field guide: The essential companion to leading your career and your company to greatness. Provo, UT: Ethics Field Guide. ISBN 978-0991091034. Chapter 1, 2, & 10.
Christensen, C., Ojomo, E., & Dillon, K. (2019, April 3). Can corruption ever be eliminated in the world? Boss Tweed and Napster show a counterintuitive path forward. Ideas.TED.com. Retrieved from https://ideas.ted.com/can-corruption-ever-be-eliminated-in-the-world-boss-tweed-and-napster-show-a-counterintuitive-path-forward/
Employment Law. (n.d.). In business law and the legal environment v.1.0. Retrieved from https://saylordotorg.github.io/text_business-law-and-the-legal-environment-v1.0-a/s53-employment-law.html
(Section 50.1 and Section 50.3).
Friedman, M. (1970). The social responsibility of business is to increase profit. The New York Times Magazine. Retrieved from http://umich.edu/~thecore/doc/Friedman.pdf
HR Specialist. (2013). The 10 employment laws every manager should know. Retrieved from http://www.thehrspecialist.com/2783/The_10_Employment_Laws_Every_Manager_Should_Know.hr?cat=toolscrossan
Kegan, R. & Lahey, L. (2001, November). The real reason people wont change. Harvard Business Review. Retrieved from https://hbr.org/2001/11/the-real-reason-people-wont-change
Suter, V. (n.d.). Facilitating dialogue. Disassemblages. Retrieved from https://vsuter.org/dissassemblages/dialogue-vs-discussion/
Recommended Readings:
Legal websites are a great resource for current employment law developments. Some examples of such websites include, but are not limited to:
Nolo Legal Resources: Human Resources. Retrieved from https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/hr-employment-law
(Links to an external site.)
Littler Mendelson, an international employment law firm. Retrieved from https://www.littler.com/news-analysis
Discussion question:
In addition to the assigned readings, explore the DOL and Nolo websites for information on employment laws. The federal laws that apply to employment (there are even more depending on the State) make up a veritable alphabet soup! They include:
Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA)
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
Civil Rights Act of 1866 (Section 1981)
Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA)
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)
Equal Pay Act (EPA)
Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA)
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
Family & Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA)
Health Information Privacy Act (HIPAA)
Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 (IRCA)
National Labor Relations Act (NLRA)
Occupational Safety & Health Act (OSHA)
Older Workers Benefit Protection Act (OWBPA)
Pregnancy Discrimination Act (PDA)
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX)
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII)
Uniformed Services Employment and Re-employment Rights (USERRA)
Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN)
Select and research a major federal employment act. Share with your colleagues a synopsis of this law. Include in your analysis: (a) history of the law and how circumstances that lead to its enactment, (b) summary of a recent case involving this legislation, and (c) description of how this act is consistent with, and where it departs from, your ethical views.
P.S just pick one from the group
Sources to be cited 7 (references)
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