For the following 10 scenarios, please identify which employment law applies and
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For the following 10 scenarios, please identify which employment law applies and explain how and why the law you identified applies.
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Sample Question: Jaggi is an observant Sikh who is required to wear a turban while in public. When he applied for a job as a traffic enforcement agent (a meter maid) he was told ‘to remove that towel from his head.” When Jaggi explained to HR that his religion requires him to wear a turban, the HR manager said, “We have a policy that all meter maids wear a uniform. No exceptions.”
Sample Answer: Title VII on the basis of religion
Question 1. Clara is a new employee in your accounting department. She recently told her boss that she is pregnant and will most likely take maternity leave within the next 3 months. Out of fear that he will not be able to fill her position while she is on leave, Clara’s supervisor decides to lay her off.
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Question 2. David is an African-American delivery driver with dreadlocks. Your Director of Customer Service wants to put David on the night shift and only allow him to work in African-American neighborhoods because he thinks that David might scare his non-African-American customers.
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Question 3. Jenna is a 55-year old woman who wants to work in your paint mixing department. The paint fumes have caused nausea, upset stomach and dizziness with some female workers over the years. However, the paint fumes do not exceed the industry standard and does not violate OSHA. Your Director of Paint Mixing is concerned about assigning Jenna to this department because he is not sure that a woman is physically capable of managing the work.
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Question 4. Thomas is an employee in your corporate division. He comes to your office to report a shaky elevator that might need to be taken out of service. He’s concerned that the elevator might injure someone.
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Question 5. Bob is a division supervisor who feels that Michael is disrupting the workplace by talking to the other workers about joining the local union. Michael talks to his fellow co-workers about the union during his lunch break and has agreed to answer any of their questions after hours.
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Question 6. Samantha is the Executive Vice President of programming for your children’s television division. Joan is an assistant producer who has been reporting to Samantha for the last 3 months. During this time, Samantha has asked Joan to dinner, makes sexual jokes at work and has even asked to visit Joan at home to discuss a programming idea. Joan comes to you because Samantha is making her uncomfortable but she doesn’t want to make a big deal and lose her job.
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Question 7. During an interview for a full-time cashier, your Sales Manager noticed that the job candidate was wearing a Star of David. The Sales Manager asks the candidate if she is Jewish. When the candidate answered, “yes” the Manager said, “I don’t think that this is going to work out because I need a cashier who can work weekends and I know that Saturday is your Sabbath.”
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Question 8. Nelson is in the Army reserve and he was recently deployed to Iraq for 6 months. Your Director of Marketing decides to fire Nelson because he can not afford to leave this position open for 6 months.
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Question 9. Mohammad is a 64-year old employee who is having difficulty learning the new computer system in the office. He tells you that his supervisor said to him, “Mohammad, you’re only a few years away from retirement. Why don’t you clear the way for some new blood to take over from the fossils?”
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Question 10. Keith is legally blind and uses the assistance of a guide dog. When he walks into the company cafeteria, many of the employees get up and leave. Lucy, an employee in Keith’s department comes to your office to complain. She says, “Why does Keith get to bring a dog to work? You don’t see me bringing my pet Maltese, Fifi, into the office?”
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Explanation / Answer
1) This case considered to be a Pregnancy Discrimination comes under U.S. Equal Employment opportunity Commission.
According to Pregnancy Discrimination, there is no employer have right to remove the women employee from the job as the reason of her pregancy, women have right to ask maternity leave, employer should allow the leave considered to be unpaid leave.
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2) This case considered to be a Employment discrimination Based on Country of Origin. In further title of the VII stated the David director doing Perception discrimination with David.
David is Delivery person means he have right and duties to delivery the goods for all customers, work all shifts but director allocated the work for him in the night shifts that too with African-American customers. Director have no right to discriminate david.
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4)Thomas's case comes under Employees safety under OSHA,
This law stated all the employees have right and duties to work in the safety place, if not ask the employer to provided the safety in the work station. Employer important duty is providing safety for all employees.
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5)Bob and Michael comes under Labor union its have Labor laws related with its issues.
Micheal disturbing others workers to join the union the employer have rights to ask Help with unions for unfair labor practices done by Michael.
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