Hrm 546 Wk 1The Pharmmedix Human Resource Dilemma at the end of Ch. 1 of Employment Law.

Resource: The Pharmmedix Human Resource Dilemma at the end of Ch. 1 of Employment Law.

Research legal cases on employment-at-will employees (regular employees) and independent contractors using online law libraries of your choice.

Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper, written in the third person voice, and address the following questions:

• How would you characterize the employment relationship of the salespeople and Pharmmedix?
• Identify and describe the specific issues the salespeople believe make them companyemployees in the workplace. What elements of law are important for the salespeople to consider in advancing their case?
• Evaluate the actions of Pharmmedix in this situation. What could have Pharmmedix done to prevent the situation and what more could the company do to ensure that this type of situation would not occur in the future?
• What are the broader implications of this situation for Pharmmedix? What consequences can occur to Pharmmedix?
• What resolution to this situation might the Human Resource Director suggest?

Include justification for your responses by citing a minimum of two laws and a minimum of two legal cases in your discussion.

Relate the legal cases you select to the issues presented in the case scenario.

Consider issues such as corporate culture, traditional ways of employing pharmaceutical representatives in the industry, the IRS 20 Factor Test, employment contracts, and any strategic steps that should be addressed in your responses.

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

Use headings to appropriately signal the topics and keep your document organized.

Include a minimum of two in-text citation sources within the paper, in addition to the two laws and two legal cases required above, and identify them in your APA correctly formatted References page.