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Understanding Business And Personal Law, Student Edition (BROWN: UNDER BUS & PERS LAW) 1st Edition McGraw-Hill Education - Solutions
Select three laws that regulate the workplace and research which government agencies are charged with enforcing the laws. Then interview workers and employees in your community that are affected by this legislation and ask them if and how the laws have affected their lives.
Research the findings on a government agency audit, for example, compliance with regulations of wage and hours, safety and health, and equal employment. Write a two-page report on your findings.
What is quid pro quo harassment?
Identify an employee’s right to continued employment by examining current legislation, for example, unlawful termination, sexual harassment, family leave, Americans with Disabilities Act, and employee privacy. Select four such laws, and write a one- to two-sentence explanation of each.
In what situation might an employment qualification that would encourage disparate impact be permitted?
What defense do employers have against the charge of disparate treatment? Explain your answer.
Describe the Social Security Act. How many workers in the United States participate in the social security system?
What is the purpose of the Drug Free Workplace Act? Does it require that companies drug test their employees?
What is OSHA, and what is its purpose?
Save a copy of your summary for future reference.
These terms will help you remember important information about your rights as an employee. Write a summary of Chapter 21 for a friend who is not taking this class. In your summary, use and explain each of the terms listed above.
What is the mission of the Americans with Disabilities Act?
What is the objective of the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
What is discrimination?
What is the difference between unemployment compensation and workers’compensation?
What federal statutes are designed to protect employee privacy rights?
What legal requirements are placed upon employers with regard to wages and hours?
Using the Internet, library, or other resource, identify current legislation that insures employee safety in the workplace.
What rights do employees have in relation to equal employment opportunities?
What classes are protected from unlawful discrimination in employment matters?
What privacy rights do employees have?
What rights do employees have regarding wages, hours, and benefits?
What is the Occupational Safety and Health Administration?
Respond Do you think the child labor laws are really necessary? Why or why not?
Question Why do you think some states have passed right-to-work laws while others have not?
Connect Have you or has someone you know ever been fired? What were the circumstances?
Predict Why do you think people join unions?
Who belongs to the union?
Why and where was the union first started?
Who is the president of the union?
What are the benefits of joining?
Wrongful Discharge Juergens worked as a staff accountant at Strang, Klubnik, and Associates, Inc. The employment manual published by the company included an overtime pay provision. Klubnik made a mistake in calculating Juergens’s overtime payments. He promised her that it would not happen again
Age Requirements Neil Bagge, 17, got a job at a construction site where dump trucks were used. State law prevented anyone under 18 from operating a “motor vehicle of any description.” Bagge’s employer did not hire him to operate a dump truck; however, the employer did assign Bagge to work
Sidi Hassam was hired as a salesperson by the Georgian Plate Glass Company. When hired, he was asked to read and sign the company’s employment manual. The manual, which did not include a disclaimer, promised that all employees would be permitted to submit any grievance to a special committee
David Canidy was employed as a server at the Kirkus Tea Room. Canidy was unfairly accused of stealing money. As it turned out, Louis Whittaker, the manager of the restaurant, had simply misplaced some money. However, before discovering his own error, Whittaker fired Canidy in a loud and public
At the height of a flu epidemic in the United States, workers at several pharmaceutical companies that produce flu vaccines threaten to strike. The flu tends to incapacitate people for a week to 10 days. What options might the President of the United States have in this situation?
Luther McConnell is discharged by Erin Publishing for incompetence. When he passed his probationary period 14 years earlier, McConnell received a copy of Erin’s standard letter to employees. The letter welcomed McConnell and said, “Now that you’re a permanent employee, you’ll always have a
Whose responsibility is it to comply with the child labor laws? Is it the employer’s?Is it Wendy’s? Explain your answer.
If Wendy wants to work on Tuesdays and keeps her grades up, is there really a problem? Explain your answer.
What (if any) exceptions are there to the law (e.g., students enrolled in school workstudy programs, apprenticeship programs)?Write a one-or two-page paper summarizing your findings.
What types of work are children not allowed to perform?
How many hours is a child allowed to work per day and per week?
When and why were the laws were passed?
Why is the public school system involved in regulating the number of hours worked by minors?
How has the attitude of the court changed regarding collective bargaining?
Why do employee handbooks often play important roles in lawsuits regarding termination of employment?
Name the first federal law dealing with collective bargaining. What was its purpose?10 What is a grievance procedure?
What must a disclaimer include in order to be effective? Why are many employers reluctant to include a disclaimer in their employee handbooks?
Describe an employee’s and employer’s duties and rights to each other.
Do collective bargaining agreements guarantee employees a job for life? Why or why not?
What is the doctrine known as employment-at-will based upon?
As a class, vote to choose the best dialogue.
With your partner, practice your dialogues and present them to the class.
With a partner, role-play your dialogues.
Imagine you are a friend of Caterina (in “The Opening Scene”)and are discussing her recent firing. Write a dialogue between the two of you. Use as many of the terms listed above as possible.
Investigate an employee’s right to organize and participate in a union. Explain the legal developments that govern this right.
What are child labor laws?
What is the goal of the Landrum-Griffin Act?
What are the objectives of the Taft-Hartley Act?
What employment areas must be included in any collective bargaining process?
What is the difference between implied contract and implied covenant?
What are the exceptions to employmentat-will?
What situations fall outside of the doctrine of employment-at-will?
What is employment-at-will?
What are the federal laws that regulate employment relationships?
What are the exceptions to employment-at-will?
What employment situations do not fall within the doctrine of employment-at-will?
Respond Why do you think we need laws governing the termination of agency relationships?
Question Do you think it is fair for an agent to act for a principal who is never revealed to the third party? Why or why not?
Connect What is a real-world example of implied authority?
Predict What duties do agents owe to their principals? What duties do principals owe to their agents?
Locate information about foreign sales agents, freight forwarding agents, or export management companies that conduct this type of work.
Commingling Lloyd was an attorney who acted as the legal guardian of Parker and Hockenberry. He also represented Isaac in the purchase of some land. Lloyd deposited several settlement checks for those clients into his own bank account, commingling the funds with his own. He also used these funds to
Apparent Authority Stahl brought her car to LePage’s service station for repairs. LePage indicated that he could not do the work but would permit his employee, Donley, to use his garage to make the needed repairs. Donley did a bad job, at one point installing the wrong engine in Stahl’s car.
Aztron, Inc. hires the Millstern Ad Agency to begin an advertising campaign. This campaign involves placing 30 billboards on 30 highways, each one 10 yards from the road. Before the billboards are placed, the state legislature passes a statute that requires all billboards to be placed at least 50
Leo Anderson hires Shirley Johnson as his literary agent to find a publisher for his books. When Johnson reads Anderson’s latest manuscript, she realizes it is a best seller. She tells Anderson the book is so bad that no publisher will want to publish it. She offers to pay him $200 for the
Ted Van Dine owes Oliver Wayne $320 for goods shipped to Van Dine’s shop. Each month for the past two years Wayne has sent his collection agent, Kent Brewster, to collect on Van Dine’s account. Unknown to Van Dine, Wayne fires Brewster. Brewster continues to collect money from Van Dine and
Priit Xavier was a European actor who wanted to purchase a home in California.Because it was clear that the price would skyrocket if a seller knew the identity of the buyer, Xavier hired Mattia Doubilet to act as an agent in purchasing the property.Doubilet negotiated a deal with Georges Milan for
Would you terminate your agency relationship with Karl? How? What would you do in this situation?
If Karl does the work, has he damaged the agency relationship in any way?
Choose one job that interests you. Would you be good at this job? Why or why not?
As a class, make a list of the duties of the various agents they found in the ads.
Locate advertisements listing qualifications that would be consistent with those of an agent.
Under what circumstance might bankruptcy end an agency relationship?
What is indemnification?
What is a gratuitous agent?
What happens if an agent mingles the principal’s funds with his or her personal funds?
Under what circumstance may an agent legally represent competing principals?
What happens if a principal fails to notify third parties that an agency relationship has ended?
Is it legal for an agent to keep secret the identity of the principal whom he or she is representing? Explain your answer.
Explain good faith as it relates to an agency relationship.
What duties does a principal owe to an agent?
What is the difference between an agent’s actual authority and an agent’s apparent authority?
Write a brief essay explaining how your group could have improved its bulletin board.
Display the bulletin boards in the classroom.
As a class, discuss the best qualities of each board, noting legal references, creativity, and use of terms.
In a small group, create a bulletin board explaining agency relationships and their termination. Use as many of the terms listed above as possible.
Which individuals are entitled to notice by publication of an agency termination?
Which individuals are entitled to actual notice of an agency termination?
How can agency relationships be terminated by the acts of the parties?
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