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Assignment: Employment Law in Practice Project

Instructions:

The purpose of this course is to help you develop the skills to assess the scope of employment law, including the concept of at-will employment and its exceptions, that affect your workplace and its practices. This project provides the opportunity to demonstrate these skills.

To complete this project, you will draw on your experience in a current or previous workplace.

In Part I, you will distinguish among the different types of workers at your organization and determine who is covered by employment law.

In Part II, you will determine where at-will employment contracts apply at your organization and where there are exceptions.

In Part III, you will read through a scenario and assess whether the employee involved might have a wrongful termination claim.

Except as indicated, use this document to record all your project work and responses to any questions. At a minimum, you will need to turn in a digital copy of this document to your instructor as part of your project completion. You may also have additional supporting documents that you will need to submit. Your instructor will provide feedback to help you work through your findings.

Note: Though your work will only be seen by those grading the course and will not be used or shared outside the course, you should take care to obscure any information you feel might be of a sensitive or confidential nature.

Complete each project part as you progress through the course. Wait to submit the project until all parts are complete. Begin your course project by completing Part One below. A Submit Assignment button can be found on the final course project assignment page online. Information about the grading rubric is available on any of the course project assignment pages online. Do not hesitate to contact your instructor if you have any questions about the project.

Distinguishing the Employees in Your Organization

In this part of the course project, you will distinguish among the different types of workers at or interacting with your organization and determine who is covered by employment law.

To complete Part One of the project, you will list some of the workers at your organization and ascertain their employment status. If you are not currently working in an organization, think of one you are familiar with from previous experience.

In order to complete this part of the project, you will need to use the Checklists for employment status to determine whether or not each worker is an employee.

Who are employees?

A. Let's start at the top: Is the leader of the business/CEO an employee? Why or why not?

B. Is your supervisor an employee? Why or why not?

C. Are you an employee? Why or why not?

D. In the table below, identify four workers at your workplace who would fall under the category of other employment.

For these workers who are not employees:

1) List the job titles or duties
2) Indicate their employment status: independent contractor, intern, volunteer, partner, other/unsure
3) Explain your rationale