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Key Assignment Final Draft
Part 1:
The Key Assignment for this course will involve creating polices for the various laws that are covered in the employee handbook. The purpose of the handbook is to equip managers with the information they need to lead their teams. For this assignment, you will create a paper of 1000-1500 words. You should also research and utilize 4 academic sources in your assignment.
Include the information below in your assignment. When discussing each act, provide an example of how it might be violated by an employer or employee and the approach that can be used (such as EEOC, diversity, grievances, counseling, documentation, or termination) to address the violation.
- A policy for the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
- A policy for the Age Discrimination in Employment act (ADEA)
- A policy for dealing with different types of harassment.
- A policy for the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA)
- A policy for the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
- A policy for the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
- A policy for the Equal Pay Act (EPA)
Part 2:
Finalize your project by reviewing the feedback that you received from your instructor and your peers. Then, prepare a PowerPoint training presentation for employees to review the new policies (6-8 slides). At the end of the presentation, include 2 slides addressing:
- For the employee handbook, create a policy for employee use of technology because new sources of social media and more advanced electronic devices are regularly being introduced to the market. Address topics such as: refraining from workplace commentary on social media, maintaining a professional image, what can be shared and what not to share on social media, harassment, privacy, and IT security.
Please submit your assignment.
For assistance with your assignment, please use your text, Web resources, and all course materials.
Explanation & Answer
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Running head: EMPLOYEE HANDBOOK POLICIES
Employee Handbook Policies
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EMPLOYEE HANDBOOK POLICIES
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Employee handbook policies
Employees hold the key to the success of a business as they are the most valuable
assets. In modern places of work, organizations often spend the biggest proportion of their
funds on compensating employees and formulating a good working environment that
facilitates safety, health, fair treatment, conflict mitigation, fairness, and protection, among
others. These favorable working conditions are often provided for by various state and federal
policies that are implemented through various agencies for the benefit of the employees and
the organizations at large. By providing favorable and fair working conditions, organizations
not only improve the satisfaction of their respective employees but are more likely to generate
an increase in performance as well. At the same time, there are different groups of people in
the places of work and that need to be protected from possible violations. Below are some of
the most prominent policies regarding the welfare of human resources in the places of work.
A policy on Americans with Disability Act (ADA)
Employers often hire a significant number of employees with disabilities as well as
people that might need special attention in the workplace. According to Gold (2011), these
people are at risk of being discriminated against based on their physical weaknesses and that
may affect the way others view and treat them and how they view themselves. One of the
policies of the act requires companies to provide a fair ground for employment so as to
include the disabled and also to protect the disabled from being mistreated, discriminated, and
treated unfairly. If a company violates this policy, there are some repercussions that can occur
such as fines or compensation of the affected individuals. As such, many businesses tend to
maintain high levels of equality regardless of one’s physical and health state. This can be
violated by denying a disabled a chance to work at an organization and the company may be
reported to Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) over the same.
EMPLOYEE HANDBOOK POLICIES
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A policy for the Age Discrimination and Employment Act (ADEA)
Different people have different performance capabilities. One of these differences is
age. As companies struggle to maintain their employees for a relatively long period of time as
well as optimize their output, they may tend to discriminate against the aging working
population whose years of work in the company may be limited. That younger employees
have a higher chance of producing higher performances is undebatable. At the same time,
hefty costs are involved in the process of occasional replacem...