Employer Case Studies Samples For Students

A.) Daisy can file an unfair dismissal complaint against her previous employer, The Chopping Block. As an employee for 14 years with the company covering the years 2002 and 2016, there was no justification for her dismissal based on the grounds of for lateness and rudeness to staff and customers in February 2016. In fact, Daisy was not given a fair notice that the question of her dismissal for incapacity was being considered by the employer, and she was not afforded an opportunity of being heard or to explain her side. The reinstatement of the discharged employee is the ...

1. Methods to calculate taxable value of fringe benefits: Australian Taxation law allows some benefits to the employees by their employers in the form of different services, benefits, privileges or rights. Under fringe benefits tax act, 1986 the fringe benefit may include cheaper loans to employees by the employer, to allow employees of the company to use Employer’s car, look after medical or legal problems etc. if a person works somewhere for anybody or in a company, the general concept is that the worker will get remuneration in cash but a new concept recognized by Australian taxation law is an agreement ...

Abstract

In Electromation, the Supreme Court ruled that any attempt in the part of an employer to form a committee for the purpose of discussing labor issues may be construed as a violation of the Taft Hartley Act prohibiting the organization of labor groups by the employer.

Electromation v. National Labor Relations Board
Intentional Violation of the Taft Hartley Act
The Supreme Court found Electromation guilty of violation of labor law under Section 2(5) of the Taft Hartley Act. The Act prohibits an employer from forming any group or committee with his employees for the purpose of dealing with ...

Facts

The defendant Landri consumed alcoholic drinks in a party organized by his employer Marriott International. The employee drove safely to his residence but was involved in a ``tragic accident” that resulted to the death of Dr. Purton.
The plaintiff’s family sued the company demanding that he is responsible for the harm caused by Landri his employee. The company argued that it was not liable because Landri committed the accident after arriving at his residence and sought for summary judgment. The trial court ruled against Purton’s family and they appealed to the appellate court.
The appellate court ruled ...

Introduction

The quest to promote ideal working conditions for employees has been ongoing in the UK and the world at large for over centuries. While it remains to be seen whether a universally satisfying working conditions can be reached that wholesomely settles the long-raging battle between management and the worker’s union, several companies have continued to exercise colloquial and outmoded management practices on the employees and even attempted to bar them from seeking for their rights. There is a growing trend of many organizations’ management attempting to abuse the employees in a bid to maximize the output. All over ...

Facts

The case under scrutiny is named as Echazabal v Chevron USA, Inc. This is a case about a legal tussle between a man called Mario Echazabal and the firm for which he used to work viz. Chevron. The reason why Echazabal decided to sue his employer Chevron was that his employment offer was rescinded due to direct threat reasons by Chevron. The company came up to such a decision because they came to know about the ill-health of Echazabal and also that it was getting damaged due to him working in the cocker unit of the refinery. Echazabal was later diagnosed with Hepatitis ...

Business Law Case Study

Debbie Gates is eventually laid off on account of her alleged heavy drinking, a fact she denies vehemently. She joins issues with the fact that her former employer, Prada, informs anyone who cares, the reasons (heavy drinking) for her dismissal, a fact she also learns from other employees and not directly from her former employer. Following her dismissal, Gates and her friend Zuckerberg team up to form a rival company to their former employer and name it, Prado ostensibly to deceive unsuspecting customers. Further, they poach the Chief Financial Officer of their former employer who helps them lure more customers and investors ...

The Case is being contended under four criterions; the first criteria being, whether there could be a triable issue of existence as to whether the employee was under employment during the occurrence of the accident that caused the injuries. In this respect, when a judgmental summary is appropriately adhered to, the court has an obligation to establish as to whether there is an issue to be tried. If it is determined that no triable issue of fact is in existence, it is the duty of the court to opt for contending the case using the law.

The second criterion is as ...

Introduction

Disputes in the construction industry or in the process of honoring roles in a construction contract are not uncommon in many countries, a good of example which would be the United Arab Emirates (UAE) wherein the construction industry has been in a stage of boom for the past several years . Some of the world’s Mega structures and other fascinating architectural works are located in this Middle Eastern country. It is one of the largest exporters of oil and petroleum products and this country’s largest city, Dubai, is home to a range of spectacular and grand architectural works. It is home to ...

Q1 Answer

Chalfant needs to review the American with Disabilities Act to establish whether he qualifies to file his case under ADA. It is worth noting that the Act requires one to meet various provisions in order to be protected. First, the victim should be able to clearly show that his disability is physical or mental impairment that prevents one from doing certain activities in his or her life course. Besides, it argues that the victim should have a good history suffering from that impairment. Finally, it requires one to be known by others for having such impairment. The qualification of ...

The hiring of permanent replacement workers during a labor dispute has been at the center of confrontations between labor unions and business owners. While labor unions argue that the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) needs to abolish hiring of permanent replacement workers, business owners are of the view that the status quo should be maintained. As such, the argument for or against permanent replacement workers depends on what side one is.
One of the main advantages of hiring a permanent replacement is that it acts as a check to labor unions. If there was no right to hire permanent ...

The human resource management takes a leading role in enhancing the global competitiveness of an organization. One of its vital functions is to implement effective and organized procedures in the selection process of hiring employees. Selection involves the process of using instruments in choosing from a pool of candidates applying for a job (Tiwari, 2015). There are different selection methods involved when choosing the right candidate for a job position. These methods include the use of application form, psychometric tests, resume or curriculum vitae review, formal (structured) interview, informal (unstructured) interview, teaching observation, presentation of the candidates to a ...

Consensual Relationship Agreements

Introduction

A consensual relationship agreement is a contractual document signed between coworkers involved in romantic relationships. Employers use these contracts to make the relationship public. Consensual relationship agreements are used for several objectives. The contracts protect employers from litigation in case the relationship between coworkers goes sour. The contract also provides legal protection for the coworkers involved in the relationship, and third parties such as colleagues who are victims of favoritism due to romantic relationships. However, CRAs infringe on employee privacy by employers. Even though contract is signed voluntarily, the employees compromise their private life and the employer can easily ...

It is evident from the case study that Fortin was victimized because of her employer’s antiunion discrimination. It is noted that the warnings issued to Fortin were initiated by her comments that the workers wanted to better themselves. In addition, three warning letters were issued at only two days from the day she made the comments (NLRB, 2000). This has been cynical; since, she had been promoted and commended for an increasing number of sales at the metro Dade account within the same year. Moreover, the performance appraisal process had been fabricated to implicate her with poor performance, ...

Most of the issues affecting the societal values and norms are triggered by the fact that, the influential controversies constantly increase. As such, the ethical dilemmas are observed based on the boundaries that are created concerning the factors and rights of specific approaches. This paper covers a discussion on the narrative of a real experience I have had in the workplace and an analysis of the narrative based on the key concepts selected.

Real Experience

In the workplace, I have had and experienced several acts from my employer that counter relates to the organizational communication. For example, since the theory critically ...

The International Management Group (IMG) is an organisation that is responsible for the identification, recruitment, and management of talent throughout the world. IMG has its headquarters in New York City. The company was established more than fifty years and it has grown to include branches in more than twenty-five countries. The Creative Artists Agency is an American talent organisation founded in 1975. Like the International Management Group, this organisation is responsible for the identification, recruitment, and management of talented people. The purpose of this paper is to investigate contract law in regards to the Creative Artists Agency and The ...

Negotiation

Executive Summary
Negotiations involve a mutual agreement between parties with an aim of improving the currently prevailing situations. Negotiation is actually a dialogue that occurs between two or more parties with an aim of reaching some form of understanding and hence helps resolve a point of difference. During a negotiation, bargains are carried out and an agreement is reached which satisfies the interests of the involved parties. Both parties involved in a negotiation try to gain advantage for themselves by the end of the negotiating process. The parties involved in the negotiating process attempts to reach a compromise during the negotiating process so that ...

There are several legal issues arising from the third scenario. First is whether the employer, the Lazy River, Inc. is liable for Lucy’s failure to adhere to reasonable commands directed to her by her boss Mike. The second issue is whether the sixteen (16) year old worker was an independent contractor, if so, whether it is the employer or the hiring party that is liable for injuries to the independent contractor. The third issue is that of negligence. That is, whether the company was negligent for failure to foresee that the toxic chemicals present in water could cause ...

Human Resource Management

Summary
This case study is narrates the hiring process Benton Dickinson, a large medical research device company that failed to perform a background check on an applicant they hired to be the company’s director. Seymour Schlager was the applicant, and he had an impressive resume and qualifications. He was on hired on the spot because the hiring managers of Benton Dickinson were so impressed with the skills and qualification that he showed on his resume and they failed to do a background check on the applicant. Schlager did not include in his application that he was convicted for attempted murder ...

1. Is it morally permissible for employers to fire at-will employees for legal behavior off-duty? Why, or why not? Explain.
The US labor law includes a term “at-will” employment. This term suggests that if the employer may hire someone for reasons that may not be justifiable then the employer also has the right to fire the employee without providing a sound justification. Many individual’s view the at-will firing of employees as unjust and unfair, but it an employer hires someone on this basis then there is no reason for any complains being lodged by the worker.
If the ...

This is a very interesting case involving a female employee by the name Anne Wedow and her employer City of Kansas City, Missouri from United States of America. Anne Wedow was working as a battalion chief for the Kansas City Fire Department, which she filed the case against. This is a typical employment suit, with the complainant arguing a very strong case against her employer. The case was filed in a United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit on March 24, 2006.
According to Anne Wedow, her employer, the City of Kansas City, subjected her to discriminatory treatment because of her gender (female). In particular, ...

Overview of the Case Study

Over the years, the Singapore government had been operating on a two airline policy that had promoted efficient interaction between the government-owned Singapore airline, and its national competitor, Silvertail Airlines. For about 10 years, the duopoly worked so well until 1990 when other competitors joined the airline industry, following the airline deregulation policies adopted by the government. Consequently, the share price of Silvertail Airline Company started changing due to the friendly services such as low cost charges offered by its major competitors. This wind of change prompted a transformation in the company’s board of directors, which was replaced ...

Executive Summary

The Georges Hotel is an upscale European-style boutique hotel located along the Oriental Bay in Wellington. Most of the staff is friends and relatives of Jeff and Chad, who are brothers. The hotel has many advantages that a family business has as well as the disadvantages. Some of the supervisors are not aware of the laws against discrimination. They are not aware of what sexual harassment means and what the appropriate and inappropriate behavior towards their subordinates is. This has resulted in situations where a couple of EEO complaints were raised against the hotel. However, as things stand, the ...

I agree with the arbitrator that the employer had no just cause to terminate the Grievant from employ based on the “tangible” information provided during the case. The arbitrator’s decision centers on his duly right assertion that the employer carries the burden of proving that the Grievant did or did not perpetuate the alleged violation of established rules. The employer, as described by the arbitrator, did not provide sufficient evidence to prove beyond reasonable doubt that the Grievant committed the violations that resulted in her termination. The employer’s case against the grievant hinges on the credibility of ...

Timmy Aldrich is a high school student who has been hired to sweep up the backrooms of Smedley Bottled Gas Company’s warehouse for two hours every Friday. Therefore, Timmy works two hours a week for the company. Under the law, Timmy may be classified as an independent contractor instead of an employee. To determine whether Timmy is an employee or an independent contractor, you will want to examine such things as whether or not Timmy offers his cleaning services to other businesses. As Timmy only works for that company for two hours on Friday, he could go to other businesses ...

EEOC v. Watkins Motor Line Inc.,

Introduction

The nexus between human resource management and the law lies in the fact that employers and employees must observe the law. In addition, the law steps in to protect the rights of the employees who invariably are the weaker parties in the employment relationship. In this paper, consideration is placed on the application of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
The case essentially turns on the interpretation of the anti-discrimination provisions under the Americans with Disabilities Act. It involves a worker, who previously served as a driver or dockworker. During his employment, he served under ...

Business

Business

Response to Questions

Employees are those people who may be given a job either on a part time or full time basis under an employment contract that can either be written or oral. When talking of an independent contractor, it could refer to professionals such as doctors, engineers and various other professionals who may be carrying out individual businesses through which they offer direct service to the public. For an agent, these are people that may be authorized to act on behalf of other businesses. Their contracts are normally in written form. For instance, a company may be making sales through someone in a different ...

1. On what grounds do you think the Union would appeal this termination?
Fair grounds for dismissal: The Union is to investigate that the dismissal relates to one or more of the possibly fair grounds set out in the National Labor Act. The employee has to provide information on any warnings by the employer on the misconduct or any other offence.
Unfair grounds: Are there any unfair reasons for dismissal. The Union is to undertake investigation on employee and the reasons that could have been motivation for the termination by the employee.

Fair procedures: The employer must ...

Leadership and communication are two intertwined concepts. Leadership requires an individual to possess great communication skills. Effective communication is possible only when the sender and receiver perceive the exact same message. Faulty communication and leadership styles can lead to conflicts and dissatisfaction on the part of leader and the follower both.
The movie, “The Nanny Diaries”, was released in 2007 and was based on the novel written by Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus. This movie is a good example of faulty leadership and lack of communication between employer and the employee and how it led to disastrous results. The ...

Solving Medicare crisis

Medicare a communal insurance program offers health insurance coverage to people aged 65 years and above, people who meet a special criterion, permanently disabled people and individuals who have a congenital physical disability. The United States government administers the Medicare program. Medicare covers over to 40 million elderly and disabled people. Over the past few decades the program has helped, the program has helped countless retirees and disabled people stay health thus saving countless lives. This paper provides an in-depth discussion about the crisis facing the Medicare health insurance program.

“Is Medicare in a state of crisis?”

Over the last few decades, the Medicare health insurance program has been ...

Scenario 1: A Case Study

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Issue I: Lawfulness of Competing against a Former Employer?
The resignation of Ron from Flush Ltd to found Amex Ltd to directly compete against a major client of his former employer will be lawful or not depending on three facts: (a) Is there an employment contract between Ron and Flush Ltd that explicitly includes a non-compete clause? (b) Is there a clause in the employment contract, which requires that Ron cannot enter into a business venture in a competitor company within a prescribed period after the date the resignation became effective? (c) Is Amex a direct competitor of ...

Introduction

Joseph Dunn, the proprietor of Dunn’s ski emporium intends to acquire the deli across the street which is owned and run by George Atkins. Joseph intends the merger and acquisition to be part of an expansion to his ski emporium business. The challenge for Joseph Dunn is that he has no experience in running a deli. It would therefore be critical that Dunn involves George Atkins in running of the deli during the transitional period before he takes over the deli fully.
The report is therefore intended to interrogate and come up with a suitable organizational structure to ...

Section I.

According to the case, both Will and Jess are at a crossroad to make very difficult decisions individually. Will is supposed to give a correct report and position of his audit findings to his client, Minter Metroplex. Minter Metroplex has contracted Will’s firm for the assignment and are hopeful and trust that will they receive a true report reflecting their true financial records and position at the time of the audit. The report may probably be shared amongst Minter Metroplex top management team. On the other hand his feelings of attraction towards Jess pegged on their history of ...

Response to question 1

Response to question 2
If the employer realizes that an employee's level of performance is declining, he or she should engage the said employee to know the underlying cause. Warnings should be issued prior to the final decision to fire the employee. However, in a situation where an employee's performance is affected by a medical condition which he/she has tested positive, terminating him or her is prohibited by the ADA. According to the ADA, if the employer has been notified about the employees, medical conditions and eventual disability, it is an employer’s obligation to provide an appropriate accommodation for ...

Ricci v. DeStefano, 557 U.S. 557 (2009) was a controversial case that was decided by the United States Supreme court. The case concerned racial discrimination practices by New Haven, Connecticut’s fire department. The department had eighteen employees where seventeen were white, while there was only one Hispanic. The company in 2003 had seven openings for captain and eight positions for lieutenant. The department administered civil service examinations to fill the positions. The test consisted of two segments where one was oral and the other was written. The New Haven Department of Human Resources issued and RFP for the exams ...

Make-a-Bed is a furniture manufacturer and distributor with plants in three U.S. states. To save on money, the company President decided to hire an independent contractor to streamline its manufacturing processes. John Engineer was thus hired to study the company’s systems and processes and was told that he should come up with recommendations on how to do the consolidation within one year. As part of the expectations, he was supposed to report to the president his progress on a monthly basis, should handle all meeting schedules and travel arrangements, was expected to turn in work equivalent to 20 hours per ...

A Supreme Court of Canada Case on Employment Law

Summary of the case
Employee privacy and occupational safety especially in a dangerous workplace have always clashed in the past. Employers always feel the need to perform random drug tests at the workplace, which many argue violates employee privacy. The Supreme Court of Canada only recently released a ruling related to random alcohol and drug tests at the workplace in Canada. The case was between Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada, Local 30 v. Irving Pulp & Paper, Limited and was published on June 14, 2013 (Naccaroto 2013).

What both sides were arguing

Irving has a paper mill in Saint John, New Brunswick and due the ...

Court of Appeals of Minnesota

A04-2308 (2005)

Actions

Cassandra Jenkins disputes the verdict made by the senior unemployment review judge which upholds the resolution by the unemployment law judge. This led to her disqualification of getting unemployment benefits since she was expelled for misdemeanors.

Facts

Jenkins sued the American Express Financial Corporation for lack of calling and verifying her service bound by Minn. Stat. $ 631.425. She argues that her nonattendance from job under the given situation should not amount to misconduct. However, the ruling was made in favor of the American Express Financial Corporation.

Trial Court

The Court of Appeals ruled in favor of American Express Financial Corporation ...

Labor unions are the legally accepted representatives of the workers in most organizations in the United States. Currently, the activities of labor unions are centered on the collective bargaining over working conditions, wages and benefits for the members and also representing members in cases of disputes with the management for violations in provisions of contracts. Other larger unions engage in the electioneering and in lobbying activities and the federal and state levels. In the year 2010, the proportion of workers that belonged to unions in the United States was 11%. In the private sector, union membership has fallen to ...

1) Topic: “Analyzing the Ethical Dilemma” refers to the dilemma that several people face while dealing with the modern day media. Be it the web service, the mobile, or the telephone, at some point of time every one faces a dilemma. The topic here discusses various aspects of ethical theories as compounded by authors and checking whether the dilemma in concern is actually right in its wont or not.
2) Hypothesis / Analysis Question: “Is it ethical to apply for a new job, while knowing that the present employer will look you up?”
3) Summary: One of the major ...

Question One

The case study in this situation and for this question shows a store manager that is obviously acting in an improper way. Indeed, sales are down at one of the stores and the store manager has reacted to this, at least in part, by berating and yelling at people that do not have the leverage or latitude to raise sales on their own. Indeed, it is conceded as part of the run-up to this question that the marketing and other high-level operations of the firm are what really get people into the store. Instead of going about things the ...

The elements of a valid non-compete agreements are: a.) should be supported by a valid consideration at the time of the signing of the agreement; b.) it should be able to protect a legitimate business interest of the employer; and c.) the scope, geography, and time must be reasonable
A non-compete agreement should be supported by valid consideration, wherein the employee is expected to receive a value thing in exchange for the undertaking that such employee will refrain from any competition. When an employee has signed a non-competition agreement before the start of his employment, the employment itself is ...

Management position on health care cost with regard to employment level is a problem that can be solved when several measures are implemented. The first point is that the number of doctors and nurses can be increased. Shortage in the number of doctors and nurses may increase the prices of obtaining medical health care (Fossum, 2012). Addressing this issue would ensure that there is a decline in general prices of obtaining domestic health care. The employer will have the chance to compete favorably. This is because he will be able to compensate all the medical expenses of the employee (Fossum, 2012).
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Yes, I would definitely set aside the election, if I were on the NLRB or the National Labor Relations Board. This is because the supervisor’s actions clearly point to intent as to find out who the attendees of the meeting were. This action on his behalf is an indication of his attempt at gathering information regarding the meeting and possibly a future disruptive action from his end that could seriously jeopardize the result of the election. This recce by the supervisor may be initiated by the employer with an end to influencing the election result. The supervisor has no ...

The case depicts a typical scenario, when a workers might notice some unusual signs in their fellow mates. You may notice changes in a co-worker, which might be a result of alcohol or any other drug abuse. Sometimes, these changes are observed long before the person’s job performance is affected. At other times, it might be sudden poor performance, which might set the trigger for you to notice. Whatever the case may be, there are always three alternatives at your disposal, as far as talking action is concerned. You might chose to talk to your co-worker and suggest him plans for remediation, ...

EMPLOYMENT LAW

EMPLOYMENT LAW
The court applies the provisions of the industrial law in reaching the opinions and judgments reached in this set of cases. There are certain important definitions and terminologies used by the court in reaching the opinions hence the courts evaluates them comprehensively to determine the direction of the case in relation to the plaintiff and the defendant. An example of such terms is major changes. In the matter of Kevin Lane, Aleksander Argirov, and James Koehn versus Arrowcrest Group PTY LTD, the court comes to several conclusions based on the facts availed in each instance. The ...

This essay highlights the facts of the case of IBP, Inc v Alvarez in the peer review. It outlines the decision of the initial court and further displays the other decisions in the subsequent courts. It also addresses the principles underlined in the cases outlined. The introduction deals with the facts of the case and the rest of the ideas are discussed in the subsequent sections of the essay.Facts of the case.
The case of IBP, Inc v Alvarez, the employees sued Barber Food and IBP in two separate cases. The suit was brought before the federal district ...

America is a developed nation that attracts large number of immigrants from other neighboring and developing states. Statistics indicate that a greater percentage of employees working in America are immigrants from other states who have entered into the country either legal or unlawfully. As a result of the high number of immigrants in the country, American has become a multicultural state as it embraces culture and racial diversity of citizens. A report released by Pew Research Centre affirms that there are about 8.3 unauthorized immigrants in American, and they form about 8.3 percent of the workforce (Passel &Vera 401). The American government allows ...

Abstract

In the modern business environment, the employee has taken a central role in both management, production, sales, among other phases in the workplace. In addition, with information and a growing level of consciousness within society, it has become essential for employers to take note of the necessary employment laws, regulations and safety requirements. In the spirit of undertaking a fulfilment of the same, this paper proposes a number of laws that this organisation needs to adopt and observe through a clearly set and pre-determined mode. It is also in the recognition of the need to follow the employment law regime not only in the ...

Fundamental of occupational safety

Safety and occupational health professionals are committed to improve the safety and health conditions at workplaces and they do not carry out managerial functions. Safety and occupational health professionals have the power to identify the hazards at the workplace and the power is exercised by carrying out inspections and they should be taken once per month. The safety and occupational health professionals are entitled to the information that regards materials, processes and equipment that are hazardous. Safety and health professionals have the right to be consulted before any testing is undertaken and they should be present at the start ...

Discovery Project Part 3: Merging the Brands

Sections 1 and 2: Company Focus and Merging the Brands
60 Points total--50 points for content; 10 for typos and grammar

Late Assignments Are Not Accepted

Introduction for Part 3 Drawing from your Company Focus section in Part 3, your understanding of your marketable skills, and additional research you have gathered about your company, you are prepared to merge your personal brand with your company’s brand. The true mark of an adaptable candidate is one who is able to recognize how to brand him/herself for every company pursued. You must be able to convince an employer that you can easily transition into its ...

Introduction

Performance management refers to the continuous process of communication between the supervisors and the employees which take place throughout the year and are aimed at accomplishing the strategic objectives of an organization. It includes setting up objectives, clarifying expectations, identifying goals, providing feedback as well us reviewing results.

Part one

Government Sector
The government through a particular agency laid unique management strategies to ensure higher performance of its sectors these strategies were as follows:
It formulated pre-session development materials while still identifying key documents to be used for strategic planning. This paper was to be used as reference sources for these ...

One of the firms which have been recently involved in unethical business conduct is Wells Fargo and Company. Wells Fargo faced a civil lawsuit when it was found that it was engaging in unethical business practices. Wells Fargo was found to be mistreating its customers and employees unethically. Investigations by Mike Feuer, the city of Los Angeles attorney, found out that the current and the former employees were under tremendous pressure to increase their sales. In response to their employer’s pressure, employees resorted to unethical methods to increase sales. To meet their high sales targets, employees executed transactions ...

Most of the culture-related problems facing 3rd world countries rely on traditional methods of production such include the participation rate of men and women. Women are not very active in the labor force. There are beliefs that women should not participate in particular jobs thus lowering the number of viable employees (Jiang 190). Education and skills necessary is also a major challenge as far as culture is concerned. Education is a basic necessity to any human. In most of these third-world countries, illiteracy levels are very high, and this mostly has been contributed by bad culture. People from these ...

Strategic challenge #1

How will the EVP Foulkes choose which ailment to target initially in the Pharmacy Advisor Program? (John, Quelch, & Huckman, 2015, p.6)
Non-adherence has caused the U.S. healthcare system an estimated $290 billion in annual cost on unnecessary medical treatment. It involves chronic disease such as high cholesterol, diabetes, and depression (John, Quelch, & Huckman, 2015, p.4).
A CVS Health study showed a reduction in the total annual healthcare spending due to medication adherence (Exhibit 4, John, Quelch, & Huckman, 2015, p.10; cf. p.4).
Consumers are attentive to the $290 billion expense reduction associated with patient medication adherence (John, Quelch, & Huckman, 2015, ...

Southlands veterinary services face a host of organizational challenges that need to be addressed for the firm to turn around and be successful. A number of changes need to be made in the company’s operations. They are informed by the discussions that a vet, Richard had with a receptionist, Mary.

Legal emphasis

An important aspect in trying to realize a solution for the problems facing the firm is taking into consideration the legal environment in which Southlands veterinary services. An analysis of the case reveals that the firm has overseen an indulgence in activities that contravene the legal standards that ...

Q1 (a) Cash Flow Statement for the period 1 Jan 2015 to 31 December 2015

The missing/modified figures (as shown in yellow in the cash flow statement) are calculated as follows:
Employment income,
Keaton,
Given,
Gross Salary and Bonus= $120,000.00

Alyssa,

Given total salary and bonus=$64,800

Half paid in Aus and half in Singapore,

Thus her Salary and bonus paid in Singapore=$32,400

Employer’s CPF contribution,

Keaton- 37 % of 120,000=$44400
Alyssa- 20% of $32,400=$6480

Dividend and rental income

Dividend – Keaton-No dividend in 2015
Alyssa, $689 in 2015
Rental income
Keaton and Alyssa combined rental income for property in Singapore registered under joint tenancy agreement is $3,050 per month or $36600 for the year.

The portion of CPF and cash used for the housing installment is as mentioned below.

Total housing installment =$4099

Keaton:

Total monthly income=$10, ...

Which agreement is most generous, relative to the average wage in the relevant industry?

Wage increases
Hours of work
Labour process (see Boxall and Purcell 2011 Ch 1, p.13 - 16). For the dominant occupational group cover by the EA, is the labour process..

Does the EA have more, the same, or less job titles than its relevant Modern Award?

Note two distinctive substantive rules for each agreement
Note one distinctive procedural rule for each agreement
Note one clause that relates to work health and safety.
Rate the agreements in terms of:
Enterprise Industrial Relations
Enterprise Industrial Relations
In the mining industry, employment is full-time, casual, or part-time. From the beginning of employment, the employee is given a six month qualifying period within which their employment can be terminated ...

This case raised a question of coverage interpretation regarding the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA) (IBP, Inc. v. Alvarez, 2005, p. 24). The FLSA of 1938 was subsequently amended by the Portal-to-Portal Act of 1947 (PPA) (IBP, Inc. v. Alvarez, 2005, p. 24). The overarching purpose of the PPA was to limit the situations in which employers were required to extend coverage to certain employee activities under the FLSA (Langston, 2006, p. 545). In narrowing the extent of FLSA coverage, the PPA specifically excluded two activities that had previously been deemed compensable: 1) walking on the employers ...

Chapter 5

Discussion Questions
Question 1. Culture has many definitions. However, the most acceptable definition of culture is the quality that gives a certain group of people, a characteristic: a way of behaving and also believing. The behaviors and beliefs are developed over a long time and share different qualities. Each and every region has its culture. The primary reason for studying culture is to help in the management of international businesses. The understanding of a place refers to the culture of different regions where the business is operating. This is a significant factor towards the outcome of an enterprise.
Question ...