Reference no: EM133393103

Assignment:

Subject: Employment Law for Human Resource Practice

Topic: Hiring and Promotion Decisions

The different types of laws affecting HR in the US. As a reminder, at the federal level there are following 4 types of laws:

1. Federal laws - laws that are passed by both houses of Congress that are applicable in all 50 states and US territories.

2. Executive order - law passed by order of the President. Executive orders on employment matters most often affect federal employees only (which is why we didn't include them in the activity). Many times, executive orders are used as a "motivation" for the passage of federal laws.

3. Statutory laws - interpretation of federal law developed by federal agencies, like the EEOC. Rules, that have the same power as the law itself, are created through the power the federal government has invested in the agency. This is also known as agency law.

4. Judicial law - interpretation of federal law by judges, including the Supreme Court. It is impossible for the "letter of the law" to be all inclusive when it is passed by Congress, so courts are used to define and interpret intent. An excellent recent example is the recent ruling by the Supreme Court that gender protection under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 includes protection for sexual preference and gender identity.

YOUR ASSIGNMENT

Your task is to pick a topic from the chapter Hiring and Promotion Decisions and make legal updates for it. Specifically, I want you to look for changes in the law since January 2021 for the 4 areas listed above. For judicial law, focus on the federal district courts and higher. In your submission, indicate the changes that have occurred to law at each level. Be specific, include exact laws, executive orders. Be sure to include citations in your submission. I strongly recommend that you use the DOL, EEOC and SHRM websites to help focus your search.