Hrm 531 Week 2 Team Reflection

Week 2 Reflection

Quintin Carter, Jaime Enriquez, Maquita Evans, Angela Young

HRM/531

September 22, 2014

Dr. Dennis Cashman

Employment Laws and Consequences

Per team discussion, we agreed on how to apply the most important employment laws to each one of our businesses we see fit. With Sexual harassment and the many forms of discrimination (sex, religion, age, race/color, and pregnancy), we discovered the consequences that come along with them. Companies have to comply with these laws and obey them. The consequences for violating an employee's rights can result into penalties, compensation, and even jail time. There are some strategies that can be used to make sure that these companies are in full compliance with the local, state, and federal laws. Employers and employees both must adhere to the laws.

One of the major employment laws we all have in common is Sexual Harassment in the workplace; according to the Department of Labor, it is unlawful to harass a person (an applicant or employee) because of that person's sex. Harassment can include "sexual harassment" or unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal or physical harassment of a sexual nature. Harassment does not have to be of a sexual nature, however, and can include offensive remarks about a person's sex. For example, it is illegal to harass a woman by making offensive comments about women in general. A person shouldn't be harassed whether it is female or male. Consequences are the same for any individual who decides to harass another. According to state and federal laws (www.eeoc.gov/facts/qanda.html), consequences can vary from criminal suits to a conviction, which can damage a person’s professional relationship in the work world.

Another major law that we have to discuss is age discrimination looking at which laws protect against this we came across "ADEA, that protects potential and actual workers older than age of 40. Younger workers are not protected...