Employment costs are arguably a business's biggest expense. Consider how employment law regulates concepts such as discrimination, injuries on the job, employee vs. independent contractor, wrongful discharge, and unionization, to name a few.

As you research for this assignment, consider the decisions made in this area are much more than business decisions but, in fact, impact lives. How do we reconcile between hurting employees and impacting the bottom-line? This is much tougher than it appears.

Assignment Steps

Resources: Legal Environment of Business: Online Commerce, Business Ethics, and Global Issues: Ch. 18, 19, 20, and 21.

Scenario: As employment costs continue to escalate, it is incumbent upon organizations to continually monitor its internal operations to ensure best practices are being followed. To that end, your CEO has asked you to make SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats) analysis.

Prepare a SWOT analysis in one of the following formats:

· A 7- to 10-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation,

· A comparison table in a maximum of 1,000 t words, or

· A maximum 1,050-word written analysis in Microsoft® Word.

Examine the following:

· Consider the impact a principal and agent creates on the business and its employees.

· Compare how express, implied, and apparent authority created by the principal and agent impacts equal opportunities for employees.

· Identify the laws protecting workers against discriminatory practices.

· Evaluate how the legal protections present in the workplace differ for employee and independent contractors.

Cite a minimum of two references for the four content areas taken from a business or legal resource. At least one reference must be from the University Library.

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

ALSO I NEED 3 SLIDES FOR:

Purpose of Assignment

Discrimination, Workers' Rights, Americans with Disabilities Act, and Family Medical Leave all flow from Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

As you work through this assignment consider how the law continues to be updated to represent the will of the people, and consider the role the government has in this process.

Assignment Steps

Resources: Legal Environment of Business: Online Commerce, Business Ethics, and Global Issues: Ch. 19, 20, and 21; Government websites dedicated to Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA)

Create a 10- to 12-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation, including detailed speaker notes (speaker notes not required for introduction, conclusion, and reference slides). The speaker notes for each slide should serve as the text for your presentation.

Explain what businesses must do to protect employees against gender discrimination and sexual harassment.