Legal Issues and Management Essay

Legal Issues and Management Essay

1. Please write a 3-page typed, single-spaced memorandum or essay addressing one of the following topics:

• Analyze three ways the law of the workplace has addressed the special challenges of the pandemic.
• Support or oppose the following proposition:California workplace law places too many burdens on employers with 5-10 employees.
• Support or oppose the following proposition: California should make workplace bullying unlawful.
• Support or oppose the following proposition: California should adopt a new category of worker that is neither an employee nor an independent contractor.
• Analyze why retaliation claims are now the most asserted category of claim filed with California (DFEH) and federal (EEOC) equal opportunity agencies.

1. The analysis of legal issues should be the heart of the paper.

1. Please do cite materials used in class, including the handouts and text, as sources.You are expected to do research and incorporate that research into your paper.Please do not use my “Law at Work” column as one of your sources.

1. You are required to list the sources you cited or to which you referred.

1. No points will be deducted if you go over the 3-page limit by a page or so.

1. The application paper is worth about 20% of your grade.

1. You have the option of submitting a one-page outline of your paper for my review and general comments, though that is not mandatory.