Employment Law Outline General Theme for Regulating/Not Regulating: Structure of Legal Responses to Problem 1. Economic Rational a. Inefficient for government to intervene b. People best at knowing what they want (rational beings) 2. In balance of information between employer/employee (safety) 3. Power inbalances a. Employees may have no other options (captive) b. Employers have more power in general 4. People are irrational‚ don’t know what is best for them 5. Social cost to society from “rational”
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Employment Law Scenario Amy Giordano LAW/575 January 26‚ 2015 David Weischadle‚ II Employment Law Scenario When starting a new business‚ it is important to make sure that you will be following all of the proper regulations and compliances. There are many that a new business needs to think about. As Barbara’s Bakery LLC is almost ready to open their doors‚ they have called me in as a consultant to make sure that they are within compliance for the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA)‚ and the Americans
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The Ethics Of The At-Will Employment Doctrine There are two types of employment practices in the United States‚ at-will and just cause. An at-will employee can be terminated at any time‚ for any reason‚ within the scope of law. Just cause employees can only be dismissed in good faith and with good reason. At-will employment is standard in many corporations across the United States. Although it is legal‚ the practice raises some ethical concerns. The at-will doctrine provides employees little
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Managing Employment Relation Factors on employment relationship The employee relation is a balancing act between what the employee and employer needs. Employees generally want to make enough money to live comfortably and be able to have a good balance between work and home life‚ the employer usually want to make money or provide a good service( depending on the organisation) and to have employees work hard without paying employees too much. There is a fine line between the both of them‚ they
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International Employment Relations Review‚ Vol. 8‚ No. 2‚ 2002 49 WHAT IS EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS? Peter Slade University of the Sunshine Coast This article examines the question as to whether or not a new paradigm of employment relations is emerging. In doing so‚ it examines the nature of ideologies‚ and argues that the specific adoption of pluralism and the joining of Industrial Relations and Human Resources Management as a prerequisite to the evolution of a new field of enquiry is misplaced. It
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Female employment in Japanese labor market GEM (Gender Empowerment Measure) of Japan ranks the 58th among 108 countries and GGI (Gender Gap Index) of it ranks the 105th among 136 countries. It means that in Japan the gap between men and women is big and the economic and political opportunities for women are not enough‚ although human developments are achieved. The number of female employed persons in Japan‚ which accounted for 35.9 per cent of all employed persons in 1985‚ has gradually grown
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Employment Law Midterm 1. DePeters‚ Co. is sued for sex discrimination on the grounds that too few women are hired because fewer women than men achieve passing scores on a required manual dexterity and physical strength test. DePeters‚ Co. offers in its defense that even though fewer women score high enough on the test‚ a greater percentage of the passing women are hired. The company maintains that‚ as a result‚ the percentage of women in the workforce mirrors the percentage of available women
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“Employment Discrimination in 2014” Employment discrimination law in the United States derives from the common law‚ and a collection of state and federal laws‚ particularly the Civil Rights Act 1964‚ as well as by ordinances of counties and municipalities. Discriminating against another because of a specific characteristic is illegal. You would think that in this day and time discrimination was a thing of the past. You would actually be surprised to know that it exists now just as much as before
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Employment of Foreign Workers (Amendment) Bill‚ 2nd Reading Speech by Dr Ng Eng Hen‚ Minister for Manpower‚ 22 May 2007 Print This Page Email This Page Mr Speaker‚ Sir‚ I beg to move “That the Bill be read a second time.” Rationale 2. Singapore today enjoys strong economic growth accompanied by plentiful new jobs - an all-time high of 176‚000 in 2006‚ of which 90‚900 went to locals. The economic prospects continue to look promising. We have a strong investment pipeline with a
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essay I would be talking about the various policies and issues in Singapore and how the various approaches of social justice‚ economic rationalism and civil libertarianism and equal employment opportunity make Singapore’s industrial relations equitable The approaches to equitability Civil libertarianism and Equal employment opportunity (EEO) is a strain of political thought that emphasizes individual rights and personal freedom over authority. This means that if employees feel that they are unfairly
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