REQUIRED TEXTBOOK : Bagley, Constance E., Managers and the Legal Environment, Strategies for the 21st Century (8th Edition) Cengage Learning, 2016 ISBN: 978-1-285-86037-4.
Instructions: Select a business regulation or a Federal or State statute governing business. Analyze this statute/regulation and clearly cover the following:
CONTENT EXPECTATIONS:
a. A clear explanation and summary of the key elements of the law/regulation and its constitutional or other basis of authority.
b. Evolution and history of the statute/regulation by way of discussion of key case decisions from the Courts of Appeal or Supreme Court, regulatory and/or legislative actions that have applied or interpreted the law
c. Discuss the implications of the law as it applies to business decision making for managers, corporations or organizations. Include strategic changes that must be made by businesses to ensure compliance and how to use the statute/regulation for competitive advantage.
FORMAT-RESEACH REQUIREMENTS:
The paper is to be between 8-10 pages long, single-spaced.
ALL papers must be appropriately referenced using footnotes. Statutes and cases must be fully documented. Appendices are acceptable, if properly marked.
Students may use any acceptable form of referencing [such as APA, Turabian, Harvard Blue Book. etc,] The key is documentation.
IMPORTANT NOTE: submission of assignments without proper attribution or acknowledgement of sources will receive a zero (0) grade and may be referred to the university in accordance with the CCU Student Code of Conduct (no exceptions).
TOPIC: Employment and Labor
Among the ever-changing regulations in business are employment laws. These laws pertain to minimum wages, benefits, safety and health compliance, work for non-U.S. citizens, working conditions, equal opportunity employment, and privacy regulations--and cover the largest area of subjects of all the business regulations. Several employment regulations stand out as the heavy hitters among the others.
The Fair Labor Standards Act, applied by the Wage and Hour Division, set the minimum wage for workers in the United States. As of 2010, decisions made by the division affect more than 130 million workers, according to the Department of Labor.
The Employee Retirement Income Security Act ensures that employees receive the retirement plan options and health care benefits to which they are entitled as full-time employees. There are also several required benefits, including unemployment insurance, Workers' Compensation Insurance and employee Social Security assistance. The Immigration and Nationality Act ensures that only U.S. citizens and individuals with work visas can be hired, and every business must keep on file I-9 eligibility forms for applicable employees.