Unit 3
[203: Human Resource Management]
Assignment Template and Rubric
Legal Aspects of HRM Assignment
Complete the questions below from Units 1, 2 and 3. Use this document as your template. Submit this document to the unit Dropbox when you have completed the Assignment.
Full Name: _Chad L. Dent_______________
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1. Define Human Resource Management: (2 points)
Human Resource Management is the term used to describe formal systems devised for the management of people within an organization. The responsibilities of a human resource manager fall into three major areas: staffing, employee compensation and benefits, and defining/designing work.
2. Identify the three branches of the federal government and the role of each branch with regard to equal employment opportunity.
Branch: Legislative Role: Makes laws (2 points)
Branch: Executive Role: Carries out laws (2 points)
Branch: Judicial Role: Evaluates laws (2 points)
3. For each of the following situations, identify at least one constitutional amendment, law, or executive order that might apply:
A. A veteran of the Vietnam conflict experiences lower-back pain after sitting for extended periods of time. He has applied for promotion to a supervisory position that has traditionally involved spending most of the workday behind a desk. (3 points)
Americans with Disabilities Act, 14th Amendment, the Rehabilitation Act, and the Civil Rights Acts of 1866, 1871, and 1991.
B. One of two female workers on a road construction crew complains to her supervisor that she feels uncomfortable during breaks, because other employees routinely tell off-color jokes. (3 points)
Harassment
C. A manager at an architectural firm receives a call from a local newspaper. The reporter wonders how the firm wishes to respond to calls from two of its employees alleging racial discrimination. About half of the firm’s employees (including all of its partners and most of its architects) are white. One of the firm’s clients is the federal government. (3 points)
Civil Rights act of 1964
4. Identify an organization’s basic duties under the Occupational Safety and Health Act? (2 points)
To provide a work area that is free from any visible hazards, they must follow the standard rules and their regulations. They perform yearly or quarterly inspections to make sure the company is complying with the OSHA rules and regulations.
5. For each of the following occupations, identify at least one possible hazard and a least one action employers could take to minimize the risk of an injury or illness related to that hazard.
A. Worker in a fast-food restaurant Hazard: Slip and fall Action: Slip resistant shoes (2 points)
B. Computer programmer Hazard: Tripping over cords, overloading outlets Action: Make sure cords are covered or hidden maybe wireless devices. Try and use power strips when possible. (2 points)
C. Truck driver Hazard: Running off the road Action: Proper rest (2 points)
6. List and define the two main types of sexual harassment.
1: Quid pro quo: a person makes a benefit, or punishment contingent on an employee’s submitting to or rejecting sexual advances. (2 points)
2: Hostile work environment: This is when someone’s behavior in the workplace crates an environment in which it is difficult for someone of a particular sex to work. (2 points)
7. List and describe four steps that an organization can follow to ensure a workplace free from sexual harassment.
1: Appropriately discipline employees who harass other employees (1 point)
2: Develop an anit-harassment policy together with employees, managers, and union representatives (1 point)
3: Promptly investigate and deal with all complaints of harassment (1 point)
4: Communicate the policy to all employees verbal and email (1 point)
8. Read the Case Study: High-Flying Labor Relations at Southwest Airlines presented in Chapter 14 of your text. Even at a time when air travel has become associated with long lines, cramped seats, and invasive security, Southwest Airlines has maintained its reputation for keeping customers happy. To accomplish this, Southwest does not merely deliver passengers from one point to the next; it also tries to keep up their spirits by hiring and motivating employees to deliver a sense of fun.
Identify the general labor relations goals of Southwest’s management, its employees’ unions, and the society in which it operates.
Management: The goal of Management is to make profit, they tend to prefer options that lower costs and raise output. (3 points)
Union: The Union basic goals are to make sure the pay and working conditions are satisfied by employees. (3 points)
Society: Lots of activities that happen between the Union and the management happen in the context of a society. The society’s values is what drives the laws and regulations that affect the labor relations. (3 points)
Unit 3 Assignment Grading Rubric
Points possible
Points earned
Individual Question Responses
42
Writing Style and Grammar (spelling, grammar, and sentence structure)
8
Total points
50
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