Essentials of Business Law: Employment Law

Audience

Managers supervisors or team leaders who want to gain a basic knowledge of Business Law and how to apply it in a working business environment.

Objective

• Identify agency relationships.
• Identify ways agency can be terminated.
• Apply the duties of an agent.
• Apply the duties of a principal.
• Identify the components of an implied contract.
• Identify discrimination laws and their provisions.
• Identify components of affirmative action programs.
• Take steps to avoid occurrences of discrimination.

Topics Include

Unit 1: Agency Laws

• Identify agency relationships.
• Identify ways agency can be terminated.
• Identify actual and authority.
• Apply the duties of an agent.
• Apply the duties of a principal.
• Identify contractual duties.
• Simulation Overview:
• In this simulation you will meet with Kent Redburn a relatively new Customer Service Representative for Icon. As Kenta s immediate supervisor you are meeting with him today to try to orient him into his new role in the company. The two of you will discuss Kenta s responsibilities as an agent and your responsibilities as his principal.

Unit 2: Employment Laws

• Identify the provisions of wage and hour laws.
• Identify the components of an implied contract.
• Address employee questions regarding workplace privacy rights.
• Identify whistleblower statutes.
• Simulation Overview:
• In this simulation you will meet with Ronald Spear one of Icona s human resource managers to discuss employment laws. In order to increase your understanding of workplace privacy rights and the components of wrongful discharge Ron will be presenting a series of scenarios for you to evaluate. These scenarios will cover a wide range of topics from employment regulations to labor and management issues and they will test your ability to make the correct decision when placed in a complex situation.

Unit 3: Employment Discrimination

• Identify discrimination laws and their provisions.
• Identify components of affirmative action programs.
• Take steps to avoid occurrences of discrimination.
• Simulation Overview:
• In this simulation you will meet with Susan Darnell a marketing assistant to discuss the possibility of her filing a discrimination claim against her manager Aidan Williamson. During Susana s employment with Icon the two of you have forged a strong working relationship and she has come to you today because she feels that you can be trusted. As an employment lawyer outside of Icon you know what constitutes discrimination so Susan will need you to walk her through the process of determining whether she was discriminated against and what actions to take if she decides to file a claim against her manager.

Duration

4

Minimum Requirements

The CDROM version of this course requires:

• At least a 486DX 33Mhz CPU.
• Microsoft Windows 3.1 or higher and a Microsoft compatible mouse.
• At least 8MB RAM.
• At least VGA graphics capability with a minimum 512K video RAM (1MB video RAM recommended).
• At least a double speed CDROM drive.
• An MPC compliant sound card with attached speakers or headphones is recommended (Currently only the CDROM version supports audio).

• At least a 486DX 33Mhz CPU.
• Microsoft Windows 3.1 or higher and a Microsoft compatible mouse.
• At least 8MB RAM and 22MB available hard disk space or file server space.
• At least VGA graphics capability with a minimum 512K video RAM (1MB video RAM recommended).

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