Employment Law –

mgt434

(3 credits)

This course provides an overview of federal statutes and state-regulated areas that impact the personnel function. Among topics addressed are EEO and affirmative action, OSHA, ERISA, FMLA, and ADA; employee privacy issues (polygraph testing, drug and alcohol testing, employer searching and monitoring); and wrongful discharge.

This undergraduate-level course is 5 weeks. To enroll, speak with an Enrollment Advisor.

Topics and Objectives

The Legal Environment of Employment
- Describe the environment of employment law.
- Analyze the relationship among “employment-at-will,” wrongful discharge, and constructive discharge and their applications.
- Explain the discrimination complaint process, including possible outcomes of an employee complaint.
- Review the methods and terminology involved in case analysis and basic legal research as applicable to employment and discrimination case law.
Employment Discrimination
- Evaluate the impact of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 upon the employment environment and the manner in which grievances may be addressed under the Act.
- Analyze the implications of workplace discrimination, both as to types of discrimination that are covered by Title VII and its amendments (PDA, ADA, ADEA), and those that are not.
- Review current law on sexual harassment in terms of addressing complaints in the workplace.
Affirmative Action, Labor Relations, and Major Employment Law Legislation
- Discuss the applicability of affirmative action to certain employers as compared with the requirements of Equal Employment Opportunity under Title VII.
- Define workplace responsibilities as affected by major employment law legislation.
- Identify the appropriate legal manner in which management must respond to union organizing activities.
- Delineate the implications of landmark legislation that contributed to the development of U. S. labor relations.
Job Performance Management and Employee Rights
- Examine the legal considerations of the various types of tests administered in the workplace.
- Interpret the legal implications relating to performance evaluation methods and the regulation of work on the job.
- Compare and contrast the rights of privacy afforded to public and private sector employees in the workplace, and their implications.
Employee Safety, Health, and Welfare
- Analyze the roles of employers and government agencies in promoting employee safety, health, and welfare.
- Explain the purpose of workers' compensation statutes and the remedies they make available to workers injured on the job.
- Analyze laws that protect employee workplace rights and retirement, savings, and insurance benefits.

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While widely available, not all programs are available in all locations or in both online and on-campus formats. Please check with a University Enrollment Advisor.
Transferability of credit is at the discretion of the receiving institution. It is the student’s responsibility to confirm whether or not credits earned at University of Phoenix will be accepted by another institution of the student’s choice.

Employment Law –

mgt434

The Legal Environment of Employment

Employment Discrimination

Affirmative Action, Labor Relations, and Major Employment Law Legislation

Job Performance Management and Employee Rights

Employee Safety, Health, and Welfare

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