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Unit 6 Assignment: Legal Environment of Human Resources Management

Before you begin your Assignment, watch a brief video introduction.

Course Outcomes assessed/addressed in this Assignment:

HA255-4: Evaluate the ethical and legal issues in performance appraisal and challenges of the human resources manager in healthcare organizations.

GEL-1.3: Demonstrate college-level communication through the oral delivery of original materials in Standard English. 

Instructions:

• Imagine that you are a human resource manager at a large hospital. You have been asked to speak to a group of students taking a Human Resources in Healthcare Administration course. The course professor has asked you to share your legal expertise in the area of human resources management and emergency management.
• Create a 10–12 slide PowerPoint presentation that discusses the legal environment for human resources management and emergency management. Include a voice recording to narrate your presentation using the Record Narration tool. Include speaker’s notes that describe your slides. Be sure to include references and citations from at least three sources. Your PowerPoint presentation should be visually appealing and should catch your audience’s attention with the demonstration of effective oral delivery. Your goal is to actively engage future human resource managers.

Requirements:

• Describe and discuss a definition of law and the legal implications for human resources management.
• Explain the purposes and major requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act and the National Labor Relations Act. Please include their historical context of a relatively unregulated legal environment before 1964.
• Explain the importance of an emergency management plan specific to emergency and disaster management. Please be sure to download the file Writing Center Resources to assist you with meeting APA expectations for written assignments. 

Submitting Your Assignment

When you are ready, submit your work to the Unit 6 Assignment Dropbox.

Assignment Content

1. Your team is consulting with a local manufacturing company that has 1,200 employees and is the third largest employer in the area. When averaging all of the manufacturing employees’ salary divided by the market midpoint, the organization has a 0.90 compa ratio, meaning that on average employees earn 90% of the market rate. Using the current sales and profit trend, the company has the ability to increase compensation spending by 4% annually for the next three years.

   Your firm has been asked to propose three approaches for management to consider:

   • increasing base pay
   • adding a team incentive plan such as profit sharing or individual incentive plan based on individual performance
   • a combination of base and incentive pay
   • Create a 10- to 15-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint®, Prezi, or Microsoft® Sway® presentation in which you:
   • Propose a plan for each of the three approaches.
   • Make a final recommendation.
   • Support your points with at least one source.
   • Include graphics and speaker notes on each slide that script what would be said if this information were to be presented in person.

     Format citations according to APA guidelines.

      

Prior to entering this discussion, review Chapter 4 in your textbook. Select one of the laws listed below, and explain how it has changed the staffing process.

Laws to choose from in answering the discussion question:

• Employment-at-will
• Fair Labor Standards Act
• The Civil Rights Act of 1964
• EEOC Regulations concerning sexual harassment
• Age Discrimination in Employment Act
• Americans with Disabilities Act
• Family and Medical Leave Act

Also within your initial post, select one of the governmental activities or programs from the list below, and explain how it influences a company’s hiring process. Respond substantively to two other learners.

• Social Security premiums
• Social Security disability insurance
• Unemployment insurance
• Federal income tax

Support your claims with a minimum of two examples from required materials and/or other scholarly resources, and properly cite any references. Your initial post should be a minimum of 200 words.

Now that you have almost completed this course, identify the top three things you learned that will make you a better project manager. 

i want you to read the the  case  study very well and to answer ONLY  from the case study and chapter 6. there 3 questions.

Discussion Overview

Refer to the Discussion Board rubric in Course Resources for detailed requirements. Discussion responses should be on topic, original, and contribute to the quality of the Discussion by making frequent informed references to course materials. Your initial response should be at least 250 words of content; subsequent responses to your classmates or instructor should be at least 75 words. Make two or more responses to classmates that are thoughtful and advance the Discussion. Be sure to cite any sources you use in APA formatting.

Topic 1: Job Analysis

What purpose does a job analysis serve? How can the existence of high-quality job analysis make HR functions less legally vulnerable? How does the job analysis process impact compensation?

Need help with the test

Supplier Stakeholder Ethics

Question 1: An integral part of Walmart’s operational efficiency is its ability to partner with suppliers in order to purchase merchandise and reduce costs of packaging and shipping. Review the Walmart Case Study in our text book (pages 408-409) and identify at least 2 issues that may negatively impact relationships with supplier stakeholders. Be specific.

Question 2:

Interpreting Ethics Concerns

Review Case 6 in the text book on ethics and compliance at the National Collegiate Athletic Association. Despite the NCAA’s wide array of rules and regulations, there have still been many criticisms of their practices. Identify and discuss at least 3 criticisms of the NCAA that can be interpreted as possible ethics concerns.

NOTE: In your response, adhere strictly to the discussion topic’s requirement. Do not forget to read the guidelines for responding to discussion topics covered in the Student Center.

 Due Week 4 and worth 100 points

Go to YouTube, located at http://www.youtube.com/, and search for an episode of “UnderCover Boss”. Imagine you are the CEO of the company in the selected episode.

Write a two to three (2-3) page paper in which you:

Compare two (2) job positions from the episode and perform a job analysis of each position.

Describe your method of collecting the information for the job analysis (i.e., one-on-one, interview, survey, etc.).
Create a job description from the job analysis.
Justify your belief that the job analysis and job description are in compliance with state and federal regulations.

Use at least three (3) quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as academic resources.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

Formulate HRM strategies and policies to recruit, select, place, and retain the most efficient and effective workforce.
Develop effective talent management strategies to recruit and select employees.
Design processes to manage employee performance, retention, and separation.
Use technology and information resources to research issues in strategic human resource development.
Write clearly and concisely about strategic human resource development using proper writing mechanics. 

Write a 5-6 page paper in APA format with 6 references to address the following:

1. Discuss the influence social media has (or could have) on Human Resource Management success.
2. What are the challenges of Human Resource Management professionals using social media to learn about current and potential employees?
3. The link below talks about how Facebook recruits. Bring in three other real-life, private sector employers (by name from your readings/research) and discuss their approaches to social media in the Human Resource Management context. 

https://www.shrm.org/ResourcesAndTools/hr-topics/technology/Pages/How-Facebook-Recruits.aspx