Employment Law
Recently in Management 250 class we discussed employment law and the process of hiring an employee the legal way. The first key that was described is that the employer can use equal employment opportunity to hire an employee. Equal employment opportunity implies that employers can’t discriminate against applicants because of race, gender, or disability. As a class, we examined a specific case of disregard for EEO when a woman with MS was turned away from the job although she could do the job better than the employee whom was hired. This example showed me the difficulties that businesses face during the hiring process. The employer has to follow the four-fifths law and accepts the burden of proof when a lawsuit is filed against them. The final issue we discussed involves the problem businesses are starting to experience with the baby boom generation’s large exit from the workforce. Overall, I learned the importance of businesses giving a fair interview and hiring the best person for the job regardless of race, gender, or disability.
Comments
Posted by: Steve Young
Posted on: October 10, 2006 10:16 AM
Scott,
I liked your viewpoint on Employment law. You examined the issue appropriately and made a lot of good points. Businesses are required to hire without discrimination, however, that is not how the real world works. Sure if you go to Disneyland and everything is fair and happy and magical, then you will have equal opportunity. But if I am an employer and someone doesn't fit appropriately within the business I’m not going to hire them. The manager of the bank, in this case, was correct by not hiring her. She couldn't maneuver around the bank floor and other employees will have to cover for her. So maybe in your next post, you will take all the sweet sugar off of the sundae and actually say something with a little tester one involved in it. Alright princess?
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Posted on: October 10, 2006 10:18 AM
Scott,
I liked your viewpoint on Employment law. You examined the issue appropriately and made a lot of good points. Businesses are required to hire without discrimination, however, that is not how the real world works. Sure if you go to Disneyland and everything is fair and happy and magical, then you will have equal opportunity. But if I am an employer and someone doesn't fit appropriately within the business I’m not going to hire them. The manager of the bank, in this case, was correct by not hiring her. She couldn't maneuver around the bank floor and other employees will have to cover for her. So maybe in your next post, you will take all the sweet sugar off of the sundae and actually say something with a little tester one involved in it. Alright princess?
Posted by:
Posted on: October 10, 2006 10:18 AM
Scott,
I liked your viewpoint on Employment law. You examined the issue appropriately and made a lot of good points. Businesses are required to hire without discrimination, however, that is not how the real world works. Sure if you go to Disneyland and everything is fair and happy and magical, then you will have equal opportunity. But if I am an employer and someone doesn't fit appropriately within the business I’m not going to hire them. The manager of the bank, in this case, was correct by not hiring her. She couldn't maneuver around the bank floor and other employees will have to cover for her. So maybe in your next post, you will take all the sweet sugar off of the sundae and actually say something with a little tester one involved in it. Alright princess?
Posted by:
Posted on: October 10, 2006 10:18 AM
Scott,
I liked your viewpoint on Employment law. You examined the issue appropriately and made a lot of good points. Businesses are required to hire without discrimination, however, that is not how the real world works. Sure if you go to Disneyland and everything is fair and happy and magical, then you will have equal opportunity. But if I am an employer and someone doesn't fit appropriately within the business I’m not going to hire them. The manager of the bank, in this case, was correct by not hiring her. She couldn't maneuver around the bank floor and other employees will have to cover for her. So maybe in your next post, you will take all the sweet sugar off of the sundae and actually say something with a little tester one involved in it. Alright princess?
-Steve Young