HRMT 3390 - Employment Law

Description

The current status of legal statutes and issues in human resource management is analyzed. Emerging issues and trends are explored.

Learning Objectives

• Determine if workers qualify as an organization's employees or independent contractors, and explain what that distinction means to the organization.
• Communicate basic knowledge of Title VII including what is prohibited and who is covered by it.
• Describe legislation and federal acts related to diversity issues and explain how they impact an organization's human resource policies.
• Analyze situations for possible hostile environment threats and make accurate recommendations to either remediate or prevent hostile environment.
• Evaluate selection, performance appraisal and compensation systems for potential disparate impact and/or disparate treatment issues, and make appropriate recommendations regarding defense and/or remediation.
• Create a defensible anti-harassment policy and implementation plan.
• Distinguish between legal and ethical treatment of workers and explain the impact of failing to treat workers legally and/or ethically.
• Analyze employee retirement packages to ensure compliance with ERISA and the OWBPA.