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Recommended: Chapter 3 equal employment opportunity

Human Resources involves making a diverse work environment. A place where all employees are valued and a work environment that does not tolerate employment discrimination in any form. While all employers needs to have policies to prevent discrimination from taking place. Federal labor and employment laws, have been passed to be used as a guide for making these employer policies. No employer wants to be sitting on the other side of a lawsuit just because they did not have in place or did not follow laws that were made to offer employees some protections. In a country where,other than Equal Employment Opportunity violations and being paid overtime pay, there are essentially no labor laws. The 3 employment and labor laws that I will discuss are The Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 or FMLA, The Age Discrimination Act of 1967 or ADEA and The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 or ADA. I will discuss 3 different employer scenarios and then determine whether each employer in the scenario was a violated one of the laws or if the employer was not in violation and was correct in its interpretation of the law.

Situation A
Employee A has been with the Company for 2 years. He requested leave so that he could be home with his wife and twin babies who were born prematurely. According to the Family and Medical Leave Act, Employee A is entitled to take leave for up to 12 weeks. He is qualified to take leave because he has A). Worked at his job for over 12 months, B). His company has 75 employees which is over the 50 employee requirement and C). The reason for his leave is to care for his newborn twins. He used 11 of the 12 weeks given. The New Manager has agreed to allow Employee A to return at the same rate of pay that he was earnin...

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...he company and whether making such an accommodation would adversely affect the company as a whole. As far as potential costs for making the modifications to the elevators,the company must seek all available funding sources. This will also mean looking outside of the company. Outside funding will include state and local agencies that can help defray cost of providing the needed modification. The potential employer can also use the modifications for tax write off purposes as a way to defray costs. The potential employer can also ask Applicant C to help pay the costs of modifications that would help the applicant access all parts of the building. If the company can prove that the modifications would cause undue hardship to the company then they can deny employment to the Applicant. Once again only if they have exhausted or have been unable to obtain funding resources.

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