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Dec 21, 2024
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BA 4348 - Employment Law3 lecture hours 0 lab hours 3 credits
Course Description
This course provides students with a basic understanding of laws that affect or influence the personnel function within the firm. An overview of the following topics or laws is included: discrimination laws, fair labor standards act, equal pay act, regulation of employee benefit plans, employment-at-will doctrine, and unemployment and workers’ compensation laws. (prereq: none)
Course Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Understand the basic provisions of the various federal discrimination statutes and the Wisconsin Fair Employment Act
- Be familiar with the reasoning in the landmark discrimination court cases
- Understand the basic features of a variety of other laws including employment compensation, workers’ compensation and the fair labor standards act
- Be familiar with the provisions in employment contracts and the theories of wrongful discharge
Prerequisites by Topic
Course Topics
- Introduction
- Overview of discrimination laws
- Civil Rights Act (1991)
- Employee selection
- Race discrimination
- Gender discrimination
- Sexual harassment and affinity orientation
- Affirmative action
- Performance appraisals
- Age discrimination
- National origin discrimination
- Religion discrimination
- Disability discrimination
- Family Leave Law
- Proof/evidence issues
- Unemployment compensation
- Fair Labor Standards Act
- Worker’s compensation
- Employee benefits
- Employment contracts
- Privacy rights
- Disciplinary action
- Disciplinary policies
- Reference checks
Coordinator
John Osmanski, J.D.
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