Trident MGT412 module 1 case

DISCRIMINATION, RETALIATION & THE LAW

Developing and Enforcing ADA Policy

For your first assignment in this Module, you will be experiencing some of the same challenges HRM professionals experience in prepare company policies. Specifically here you will be working on an organization-wide policy concerning the Americans With Disabilities Act.

After becoming familiar with the ADA's requirements please discuss the following:

1. You are a newly assigned top HRM professional in your organization that offers carnival rides around the U.S.. Your organization has 250 employees traveling carnival circuits and 200 more back at the plant creating and making new carnival rides (Ferris Wheel, Tilta-Whirl, etc.). Your boss has just entered your office shaking his head in disbelief. He handed you an article written by someone named Jacobs. He said "I am sure you know all of this stuff, but it is a foreign language to me." He wants you to develop an ADA policy/procedures document for your new Employee Handbook. Your boss is concerned with staying in compliance with the ADA while achieving high productivity, keeping costs in line and maintaining employee morale. Use the Jacobs article as a spring board to your approach (since this is the focus of your boss' attention at this time). Hint: Be sure to look at the employer information on the EEOC website.
2. After you have developed your policy and procedures section for the Employee Handbook, discuss how you determined what should go into a policy/procedures statement to employees. Did you lean on policies/procedures of other employers? If so, which ones?
3. Would you issue the same Employee Handbook and/or a different document to your supervisors? Why or why not?

Submit this paper by the module due date. Paper length:3-4 pages, not counting the cover and reference pages.

For this case assignment, you will:(1) apply effective communication skills in a business environment, (2) assess the ethical implications of business decisions and actions, and (3) assess the impact of culture and diversity on business practices.

Assignment Expectations

Your paper should demonstrate critical thinking and analysis of the relevant issues and HRM actions, drawing upon all of the required background readings and any relevant sources from your prior courses and your own library and Internet research.

Prepare a paper that is professionally presented (including a cover page, a "List of References," headings/subheadings and a strong introduction and conclusion). Proofread your paper carefully for grammar, spelling and word-usage errors.

Address all aspects of the assignment as stated above.

Provide private-sector employer examples of HRM programs, systems, processes and/or procedures as you address the above assignment requirements. Provide the names of the employers. Note--do not use your own organization as an employer example in your case paper.

Complement your Internet search with library searches and be sure to bring in information from the background readings. Evaluate resources and select only library/web-based resources that provide reliable, substantiated information.

Give authors credit for their work. Cite sources of borrowed information in the body of your text as footnotes, numbered end notes or APA style of referencing.

Jacobs, R. (2011, April). Disability Discrimination, Reasonable Accommodation, and the Modified Commute. Employee Relations Law Journal, 36(4), 59-68.