You have been hired as a management consultant by a large company to examine the company’s business decisions regarding employee protections. The applicable laws are federal anti-discrimination laws, federal health and safety laws, and employer firing practices related to the employment-at-will (EAW) doctrine.

In response to the three questions below, write a 4–6 page paper in which you do the following:

Analyze, identify, and explain recent legislation, within the last 10 years, that helps to protect employees from discrimination in the workplace. Provide at least two federal legislative protections (Be sure the legislation is just that – passed law).

Provide some insight when the federal legislation conflicts with the state. (ie. what is the Supremacy Clause?)

Explain the EAW doctrine and all exceptions to the doctrine. (hint: There are more than three).Then, look at the scenarios below and determine whether the decision to fire the employee is a smart one. Identify why or why not, and determine all the possible exceptions per the EAW doctrine that are, might be, or could be applicable if the employee sues for wrongful termination.

SCENARIOS FOR QUESTION 2 BELOW:

Brenda, a manager, started a blog on the company website for employee grievances. She noticed that a worker was protesting that no Asian American employees had gotten a raise in two years at the company. The worker also criticized how much the CEO made and how the CEO was “out of touch.” Brenda reprimanded the worker. The next day, the worker talked to fellow co-workers about forming a union. Brenda subsequently fired the worker.

Jason, a department supervisor, requests approval to fire his secretary, Alice. Alice, a devout Christian, has been putting Right-to-Life flyers in the employee break room. Alice is also taking time out to pray each day during the busiest time of the morning. Brian, the head of the accounting department, refused to sign Lori’s leave request for jury duty. Lori is a tax attorney in his department. Brian wants to fire Lori for being absent without permission during their busiest time—tax season.

Peter has worked for the company for one year. He has a rare form of liver disease and works with chemicals that make his condition worse. Peter does not want to stop working, but his boss is not happy with his performance and wants to let him go.

Determine the federal law, requirements and procedures, (from an employer perspective who is hiring employees) regarding undocumented workers and whether they are eligible for state workers’ compensation in your home state. Advocate for or against this practice and substantiate your response with research to support your position.

3 sources for this paper, textbook should be one of them. Follow SWS for citing sources in the paper and on the

The textbook used is : It’s Legal, Ethical, And Global Environment 11th Edition

The instructions are n the above information. See you back in a few days to see if you need anything. remember no plagiarizing. The school uses Safe

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Currently, the United States has over one hundred and eighty labor laws that advance certain employee rights. One such law is the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) (Pager & Western, 2012). Generally, this law seeks to protect workers from exploitation by employers by ensuring that employees receive compensation equivalent to the work they do. Even though the law got enacted in 1938, it has been changed a couple of times to ensure it conforms to the subsisting economic conditions. The law covers matters such as overtime pay, interstate commerce employment, minimum wage payable to employees, and even prohibiting child labor. With regard to overtime, FLSA requires employers to pay any employee that works overtime, which the Act defines as any extra time an employee works after completing the standard forty working hours in a week (Pager & Western, 2012). Overtime pay should be one and half times more than the standard hourly rate employers pay their workers. The Act also sets down the minimum pay employers should remit to workers, an aspect that prevents discrimination.

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