Module 3 - Case

EMPLOYEE RIGHTS/SAFETY

Assignment Overview

(Signature Assignment: Critical Thinking, Introduced Level)

Compliance and the HR Functions

Before starting this assignment, be sure that you are familiar with what is meant by “critical thinking.”

Critical thinking is one of the five key rubric criteria by which your assignments are graded. Therefore, it is required that you demonstrate evidence of critical thinking in all assignments. For an overview of critical thinking, first read the Kurland article and then review the chart:

Kurland, D. (2000). What is critical thinking? Critical Reading. Retrieved from http://www.criticalreading.com/critical_thinking.htm

A must-have chart featuring critical thinking skills. (2014). Educational Technology and Mobile Learning. Retrieved from http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2013/05/a-must-have-chart-featuring-critical.html

For this assignment you must be familiar with how each of the following impacts HRM actions:

a. Exceptions to Employment at Will. (Click on the link for a brief overview.)

b. Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA). (Click on the link for a brief overview.)

c. Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA). (Click on the link for a brief overview.)

Click on the following link for a brief Review of the HRM functions.

Case Assignment

For this Case Assignment you will be focusing on a, b, and c listed above and how they impact the private sector workplace. (Be sure to focus on the private sector, and not the public sector in your answer.) Discuss the following in an integrated essay, backing up your statements with research:

• Provide a half-page summary of each. Include these summaries together in one Appendix at the end of your paper.
• Examine employment at will and its exceptions and explain the exception that has had the greatest impact on the private sector workplace.
• Examine USERRA and detail its positive and negative impacts on the private sector workplace.
• What is the one most important change you see is needed to IRCA? Why? Discuss. (Note: repealing the law is not an option.)

Provide cited reference information (from valid sources) to back up your discussion.

Consider the major HRM functions in your answer.

Use at least 5 Trident Online Library sources, plus any applicable background readings to help strengthen your discussion.

Upload your paper by the module due date. The paper should be at least 5 pages (not counting the cover page, References section, and Appendix).