Ch.9ContractsEmploymentActivity.docx

Activity #9: Planning for Employment Law Issues Due Sun., 4/10 Name:

Set Up: Ch. 9 addresses many facets of Employment Law and potential issues. Good to be aware of these before you’re in an official leadership position in which you can be sued.

For this activity,
1) Review the various aspects of Employment Law covered in the text in the chart below (have added a few).
2) Choose your TOP TEN that you feel could lead to a lawsuit in your world (The assumption is that you will be in a leadership position.) Perhaps your seeing or being the victim of discrimination will inform your decisions here.
3) Indicate how this general issue would most likely become a lawsuit in your world.
4) Provide one or more SMART (specific, measurable, achievable, realistic & timely) suggestions on how you, your department, institution or company could ensure due process and avoid a lawsuit in this area. Be proactive!
5) Want to earn up to 20 bonus points? Select any other of the areas and address as above—2 bonus points apiece.

My leadership position: _________________________________________________________________________________

GENERAL ASPECT OF EMPLOYMENT
(Dr. R. has added a few here).

Is this in your Top 10 or Bonus?

How Could This Area Lead To a Lawsuit in Your World? (Assume you are the leader).

What is a SMART (specific, measurable, achievable, realistic & timely) suggestion to prevent a lawsuit?

1)Teacher/Professor Tenure (or continuing contract)

2)Employee Breach of Contract

3)Employment Discrimination

4)Religion, Sex, or National Origin as Bona Fide Qualification

5)Employment Related Testing

6)Affirmative Action in Employment

7)Sexual Harassment under Title VII

8)Marriage and Pregnancy Discrimination

9)LGBT[Q]] Employment Discrimination

10)Age Discrimination

11)National Origin Discrimination

12)Professional Ethics

13)Private Conduct/Professional Responsibilities

14)Performance Evaluation of Employees

15)Personnel Files

16)Open Records and Open Meetings Laws

17)Labor Unions and Collective Bargaining

18)Hostile Environment

19) The boundaries of 1st Amendment

20) Incompetence