Syllabus: MGT655-1302A-01 : Employment Law

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Prerequisite

MGT652 -Human Resource Strategy

Course Description This class examines Federal legal regulation of the hiring and firing process, wage and hour laws, occupational health and safety rules, workers compensation, unemployment insurance, and connected topics. Course Outcomes

Discuss the rights of an employee and the legal obligations of a manager. Describe the federal laws and regulations pertaining to employee workplace rights. Evaluate the legal liability of non-compliance. Analyze the issues surrounding the formation, duration, and termination of the employment relationship. Develop human resource policies in accordance with federal laws and regulations. Apply critical thinking skills to analyze business situations. Discuss the opportunities provided by technology for businesses. Use effective communication techniques. Recognize situations that present potential ethical and legal issues and develop solutions for those issues.

Course Materials
Title Employment Law By accessing these course materials, student agrees that the materials shall only be used in conjunction with required coursework and that student shall not alter in any way, or copy or reproduce in any form with the intent of distributing or selling, any part of the content, directly or indirectly. Edition Author

Moran

Course Outline
This course will consist of 5 Unit(s) covering the following topics: Unit 1: Employment Relationship and Procedure 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Employment Relationship Selection Testing Privacy, Theft and Whistle-blowing Termination

Unit 2: Discrimination: Part 1 1. Civil Rights Act 2. Affirmative Action 3. Racial Discrimination

4. Sex Discrimination & Harassment Unit 3: Discrimination: Part 2 1. 2. 3. Family Leave and Pregnancy Discrimination Sexual Orientation Religious Discrimination

Unit 4: Discrimination: Part 3 1. National Origin 2. Age Discrimination 3. Disability Discrimination Unit 5: Employment Regulation 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Unions and Collective Bargaining Agreements Wage and Hour Regulation Occupational Safety and Health Act Workers Compensation Employee Retirement Income Security Act

Discussion Board and Chat Discussion is a very important component of this course. Just like in a traditional class, you will be expected to participate in discussions with your instructor and fellow students about Units and Assignment topics. Discussion Board

Discussion Board Posting Policy The Discussion Board (DB) is part of the core of online learning. Classroom discussion in an online environment requires the active participation of students and the instructor to create robust interaction and dialogue. Every student is expected to create an original response to the open-ended DB question as well as engage in dialogue by responding to posts created by others throughout each week of the class. At the end of each unit, DB participation will be assessed based on both level of engagement and the quality of the contribution to the discussion. At a minimum, each student will be expected to post an original and thoughtful response to the DB question and contribute to the weekly dialogue by responding to at least two other posts from students. The first contribution must be posted before midnight (Central time) on Wednesday of each week. Two additional responses are required after Wednesday of each week. Students are highly encouraged to engage on the discussion board early and often, as that is the primary way the university tracks class attendance and participation. The purpose of the discussion board is to allow students to learn through sharing ideas and experiences as they relate to course content and the DB question. Because it is not possible to engage in two-way dialogue after a conversation has ended, no posts to the DB will be accepted after the end of each week. Chat For 5-week courses that are 4.5 and 6 credits, the Instructor delivers three clock hours of synchronous interaction in the form of class chat(s) and office hour(s). For 10-week courses that are 4.5 and 6 credits, the Instructor delivers two clock hours of synchronous interaction in the form of class chat(s) and office hour(s). The Instructor delivers three clock hours of synchronous interaction in the form of class chat(s) and office hour(s) at varied times in a seven-day calendar week to accommodate diverse schedules. You are not

required to attend the synchronous hours. At least one of the three synchronous hours focuses on the unit topic for each week of the session. This hour, known as a "chat" is conducted in a format that can be archived, so you can review the discussion on your own schedule. Synchronous hours are not included in the course grade, but are a valuable and integral part in your learning experience. In 5-Week lab courses that are 1.5 credit hours, the instructor will deliver sixty minutes of synchronous interaction in the form of a 30minute class chat and a 30-minute office session at varied times within a seven-day calendar week. For 10Week lab courses that are 1.5 credit hours, the instructor will deliver sixty minutes of synchronous interaction during each two-week unit. The instructor will alternate between a 30-minute chat in Week 1 of the unit and a 30-minute office session in Week 2 of the unit.

Live Session Day of the Week Start Time End Time Duration Monday 8:00PM 9:00PM 1 Hour

Library The link to the online library is found throughout each Unit of the course so that you have ready access to research the library at any point in any Unit. Additionally, there is at least one Library Project tied to an Assignment in this course.

Course Evaluation
Graded Learning Events Instructions for each Assignment are provided within the unit topic identified for each week. Each Assignment concludes with a deliverable product. Deliverable products may range from a paragraph narrative, a paper, a PowerPoint Presentation, programming code, an analysis of the Assignment, to an HTML Web page. These deliverable products are evaluated using the course evaluation methods. Student Self Assessment A Student Self-Assessment is included for every Unit of instruction. The course platform's testing feature is utilized for this Student Self-Assessment. Activities and True/False, Multiple Choice or Short Answer testing is used for students to evaluate their own knowledge acquisition for each Unit's identified course outcomes. The Student Self-Assessment is not tied to grading, but used for a student's identification of his/her own learning progress.

Assignment Weighting
Unit 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 4 Assignment Type Individual Project Discussion Board Individual Project 2 Individual Project Discussion Board Individual Project 2 Individual Project Discussion Board Individual Project 2 Individual Project Group Project Discussion Board

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Individual Project Discussion Board Individual Project 2

Grading Scale
Letter Grade A AB+ B BC+ C CD+ D F L Qualitative Definition 100.000000-93.000000 92.990000-90.000000 89.990000-87.000000 86.990000-83.000000 82.990000-80.000000 79.990000-77.000000 76.990000-73.000000 72.990000-70.000000 69.990000-67.000000 66.990000-60.000000 Below 59.990000 N/A

Course Policies
Academic Honesty At American InterContinental University, students are expected to demonstrate academic integrity by completing their own work, assignments and assessments. Effective planning and progress must be accomplished for students to be successful in their degree program of study. Submission of work from another person, whether it is from printed sources or someone other than the student and/or papers submitted without source citation can result in a failing grade or be reported to the campus Academic staff for appropriate sanctions or disciplinary actions that may lead to dismissal from the University. All students are expected to adhere to the standards set forth in the Student Code of Conduct and Statement on Academic Honesty. The administration, faculty, staff, and student government of AIU believe strongly in the concept of an honor system. This belief is based on the knowledge that in competitive professional environments, greater emphasis is placed on originality and integrity of ideas and work. All members of the AIU academic community, including faculty, students, and administration, are expected to assist in maintaining the integrity of the University, which includes reporting incidents that violate the Statement on Academic Honesty. For AIU Online course work, please note that learning events are to be that of the student's own work, and group projects are collaborative efforts. Cheating Cheating shall be defined as:

Copying to any extent the work of another student

Intentionally assisting another student during an examination Having access to material related to an examination during an examination Possessing or having access to unauthorized copies of an examination Departing from any stated examination conditions

Plagiarism The American Heritage Dictionary defines plagiarism as "To appropriate passages or ideas from another and use them as one's own." Plagiarism involves:

Submitting another person's work as one's own Submitting work from any source that is not properly acknowledged by footnote, bibliography, or reference within a paper Submitting work pieced together from phrases and/or sentences from various sources without acknowledgement Submitting work with another person's phrase(s) rearranged without acknowledgement Submitting work that uses any phrase, sentence, or stylistic mannerism without acknowledgement Omitting quotation marks from any directly quoted material Failure to use three dots (...) to indicate omission of one or more words Any other actions deemed to be plagiarism by the faculty

Course Participation Online students are required to participate in their online courses in an academically-related activity comparable to the minimum of one contact hour of instruction in a seven-day calendar week (Monday to Sunday) for each week of a 10-week quarter. This participation is captured and recorded as the Last Date of Attendance in the student records system and updated each time a student uploads a file/assignment to the classroom or posts to the classroom's discussion forum(s). This provides a dynamic update to the LDA in the student's academic record for real-time monitoring of course participation throughout a quarter. In the event of a student-initiated or administrative withdrawal, the LDA is used as the official date of withdrawal. Academic Advisors track course participation weekly and contact students who have fallen behind in course assignments. In order to support students in the first week of instruction of each session, courses are open to students beginning on Friday in advance of the first day of the session. Students who participate in an academically-related activity on Friday, Saturday, or Sunday in advance of the first week of instruction will have their course participation recorded as participation for the first day of the session. Instructor Information Name: Zara Sette-Roach Email: Zara.SetteRoach@faculty.aiuonline.edu Voicemail: 1-877-221-5800 ext Cell Phone: 561-843-5077 Biography: Autobiography

Instructor Office Hours

Day of the Week Start Time End Time Duration Monday Wednesday 8:00AM 12:00PM 9:00AM 1 Hour 1:00PM 1 Hour