Reference no: EM133005582

QUESTION 1

Your Company is a developer for online role-playing games that has recently released Version 7 of its top-selling product. Due to the current pandemic, the launch party had limited attendance and only the employees directly involved with the development of the recent version were invited. The next day a female employee comes to you and states that she was discriminated against because she was left out of the party. She had created one of the characters in the game and that character has appeared in every version of the game since inception, including this latest release.

1. You reviewed the invitation list and saw that business leaders such as the CEO and CFO were also included on the invite list but were obviously not directly involved in the development of the game. How would you explain that this was an appropriate and necessary choice?
2. You also note that the invitation list is very evenly divided between males and females. Would you share this information with the complaining employee? Why or why not?
3. What measures/actions/alternatives would you have recommended to ensure the party could have included all employees?

QUESTION 2

On September 9, 2021 President Biden announced a requirement for all employees to be vaccinated or tested weekly. This Executive Order will affect EVERYONE who works for the Federal Government and will also be applicable to all private companies with more than 100 employees.

Your Company has 500 employees across the United States. There has been no Company requirement to vaccinate or any attempt at record-keeping of vaccination status because it was unnecessary.

With the new Vaccine Mandate you will need to put an HR plan in place to get employees vaccinated and maintain records.

1. As part of your HR plan, how will you conduct a Gap Analysis?
2. What will be 3 essential parts of your HR Plan, after the Gap Analysis, to respond to the Vaccine Mandate? Provide an explanation of how these essential parts of your plan will help you get to the end result that your Company needs.
3. How will your HR Plan be applicable to business strategy?

QUESTION 3

You work as the HR Manager for a bank that routinely processes a lot of requests for personal loans. Loan requesters fill out an application and then they are scheduled to meet bank employees in person at the bank for an interview to finalize the loan decision. There are about 10 Bank Employees in your location who approve or deny the loans. They report to one Area Manager.

Two Bank Employees have now come to HR to report that they feel pressured by the Area Manager to approve loans for people who are dressed "expensively" versus people who are not.

1. Is this an HR problem? Why or why not?
2. Once it has been notified to HR, what are the next steps? Answer this question keeping in mind your answer to number 1 above.
3. After the initial report, the employees come back to HR and state that they are now having to face other employees calling them "snitches" and "not team players". What is your responsibility in this case?