Assignment: Common Assessment

• Research Paper: Research the new Health Care Reform Bill 101 (Affordable Care Act) that was instituted in March 2010.

• Construct a comprehensive research paper that will examine how the reform came into existence, the time line of proposed changes, the key features of the law, and how the changes are affecting employees and employers.

• Examine the information and provide insight to how the changes have affected organizations' philosophy toward benefit-planning and what direction the plan will take in the future.

This should be 3-5 pages, excluding the cover page, abstract page, and reference page.You need to support your work with at least 4 academic or professional peer-reviewed sources published within the past 5 years.

As the human resources manager, it is your responsibility to keep all human resources employees informed about current employment law. You want to empower employees with resources that they can use independently to research employment law issues and policies.Using Excel, create a table that will be placed on the company's Intranet as an employment law reference.You and your employees will be able to add to this document, so you will focus on the following 4 areas of employment law to begin:

• Wages and Hours of Work
• Safety and Health Standards
• Family and Medical Leave
• Whistleblower Protection

For each area of employment law, complete the following:

• List the federal agency (or agencies) that regulates this area.
• Describe how the agency implements the relevant law and policy.
• Provide a link to the agency's Web site.
• You should organize the information within your table so that it is logical and able to be edited in the future.