Trident MGT412 module 1 (case+ slp+ discussion) 2019

Module 1 - Background

DISCRIMINATION IN EMPLOYMENT AND THE LAW

Required Reading

For an overview of Employment Law view the following video:

https://youtu.be/CJhRXBpXTPI

Gregg Learning (2017) HR Basics: Employment Law. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJhRXBpXTPI

For an overview of types of Workplace Discrimination, review the following blog post:

Doyle, A. (2017) Types of Workplace Discrimination With Examples. Retrieved from https://www.thebalance.com/types-of-employment-discrimination-with-examples-2060914

Case Required Reading

HRHero (2017) Sexual Harassment and Gender Harassment. Retrieved from http://topics.hrhero.com/sexual-harassment-and-gender-harassment/#

HRHero (2017) Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 from http://topics.hrhero.com/title-vii-of-the-civil-rights-act-of-1964/

Taub, A. (Nov. 29, 2017) How Should We Respond to Sexual Harassment. The New York Times retrieved from https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/29/upshot/sexual-harassment-response-legal-system-guidelines.html?rref=collection%2Ftimestopic%2FSexual%20Harassment&action=click&contentCollection=timestopics&region=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=24&pgtype=collection

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Sexual Harassment. Retrieved from https://www.eeoc.gov/laws/types/sexual_harassment.cfm

SLP Required Reading

HRHero. (2017) Age Discrimination in Employment Act. Retrieved at http://topics.hrhero.com/age-discrimination-in-employment-act-adea/

Jackson, A.E. (2017) 6 Real-Life Examples of Age Discrimination. Retrieved from https://www.glassdoor.com/blog/6-real-life-examples-of-age-discrimination/

Olson, E. Aug. 7, 2017 Shown the Door, Older Workers Find Bias Hard to Prove. New York Times (Online), New York: New York Times Company. Available in the Trident University Library.

Optional Reading

DiversityInc.com provides a variety of articles and court case decisions relating to discrimination at http://diversityinc.com/

Employment Law Information Network (information on recent cases, laws, HRM-related topics) http://www.elinfonet.com/

Equal Employment Opportunity Laws (federal) website: http://eeoc.gov. (See this website for the major federal EEO laws.)

 

 

 

 

Module 1 Discussion

 

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Review this brochure from the U.S. Department of Labor

 

U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Disability Employment Policy. (2017). Building an inclusive workforce: A four-step reference guide to recruiting, hiring and retaining employees with disabilities. Retrieved from https://www.dol.gov/odep/pubs/20100727.pdf

Your First Post:

Discuss with your colleagues how the trends discussed in the Building an Inclusive Workforce as well as in other sources you have come across relate to your current workplace and/or workplaces you have experienced in your past.

Your Subsequent Posts:

Read through the responses by your peers and post responses to at least two classmates’ posts. Bring in ideas/comments and/or research/readings not mentioned yet.

Remember: To receive full credit in this forum, you need to post a minimum of three quality posts (your own initial post, and responses to two classmates). If you borrow from subject matter experts (authors, speakers, etc.), be sure to give them credit by citing sources.

 

Module 1 - Case

DISCRIMINATION IN EMPLOYMENT AND THE LAW

Case Assignment

 

For your first assignment in this Module, you will be considering sexual harassment in the workplace, a topic which has garnered a great deal of attention recently. Review the required readings in the background material and then prepare a memo to yourself as follows:

You are a newly assigned top HRM professional in your organization and you wish to review your organization’s sexual harassment policies and training. You will begin by identifying and explaining the key legal concepts in sexual harassment in the workplace. Then, using the background material and your own research, discuss aspects of recent developments in sexual harassment that are relevant to how your organization addresses sexual harassment in the workplace. Finally, identify and explain what you consider future developments in this topic will be and how your organization’s policies and training concerning sexual harassment will need to be adapted.

Assignment Expectations

Your memo should be 3 to 4 pages in length (not counting title and reference page) and should be submitted by the module due date.

The criteria found in the grading rubric for this assignment:

• Meets assignment requirements
• Critical thinking
• Writing and assignment organization
• Use of sources and mechanics
• Timeliness of assignment

 

Module 1 - SLP

DISCRIMINATION IN EMPLOYMENT AND THE LAW

 

 

SLP Assignment

In this SLP assignment, you will prepare a PowerPoint slide presentation about Age Discrimination.

To begin, review the SLP materials related to Age Discrimination in the background material. To better inform yourself, also do some independent research to identify trends in the workforce related to age.

In your Power Point presentation, identify current issues in Age Discrimination in the workplace, social, economic, and political factors that will impact Age Discrimination in the future, and your recommendations for approaches that organizations should take to address age discrimination in the future.

Be sure to use in-text citations in your slides. Your PowerPoint presentation should be about 6-7 slides in addition to a title slide at the beginning and a reference slide at the end. Tip: Do not have too many or too few words on each slide – consider this is a slide presentation, not an essay. Also include your extra comments in the Speaker’s Comments section at the bottom of each slide, or use audio recording (voice over), or both.

SLP Assignment Expectations

Your submission will be assessed on the criteria found in the grading rubric for this assignment:

• Meets assignment requirements
• Critical thinking
• Writing and assignment organization
• Use of sources and mechanics
• Timeliness of assignment