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Module 1 - Background

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY & HRM

Required Reading

Critical Thinking:

Cornell University. (2017). Critically analyzing information sources: Critical appraisal and analysis. Retrieved from  http://olinuris.library.cornell.edu/ref/research/skill26.htm.  This reading will help you in assessing appropriate reference material.

Cornell University. (2017). Distinguishing scholarly from non-scholarly periodicals: A checklist of criteria: Introduction & definitions. Retrieved from  http://olinuris.library.cornell.edu/ref/research/skill20.html.  This reading will help you in assessing appropriate reference material.

Cornell University. (2017). Evaluating Web sites: Criteria and tools. Retrieved from  http://olinuris.library.cornell.edu/ref/research/webeval.html.  This reading will help you in assessing appropriate reference material.

Other Assignment Topics:

Anti-Defamation League. (2012). Religious accommodation in the workplace: Your rights and obligations. Retrieved from  https://www.adl.org/sites/default/files/documents/assets/pdf/civil-rights/religiousfreedom/religfreeres/ReligAccommodWPlace-docx.pdf.  Review the sections on Reasonable Accommodation and Undue Hardship; to be used in the SLP assignment especially.

Brent Goff Reports. (March 2017). In Europe, no religion at work. Retrieved from  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LemKVWkoeXE.  You will view and comment on this video in the Discussion.

Gepp, R. (2017). Religious accommodation in the workplace: Guidance for Avoiding Legal Trouble. HR Daily Advisor. Retrieved from  https://hrdailyadvisor.blr.com/2017/05/23/religious-accommodation-workplace-guidance-avoiding-legal-trouble/

HR Hero. (2017) Age discrimination in Employment Act. Retrieved from  http://topics.hrhero.com/age-discrimination-in-employment-act-adea/.  This is a brief overview and required for the Case Assignment.

HR Hero. (2017). Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and ADA Amendments Act (ADAAA). Retrieved from  http://topics.hrhero.com/americans-with-disabilities-act-ada-and-ada-amendments-act-adaaa/.  This is a brief overview and required for the SLP assignment.

Katz, H. C., Kochan, T. A., & Colvin, A. J. S. (2017).Employment law. An introduction to U. S. collective bargaining and labor relations. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, pg. 71-79. Retrieved from Skillsoft Books in the Trident Online Library.

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. (n.d.) Enforcement guidance on reasonable accommodation and undue hardship under the Americans with Disabilities Act. Retrieved from  https://www.eeoc.gov/policy/docs/accommodation.html

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (n.d.) Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Retrieved from  https://www.eeoc.gov/laws/statutes/titlevii.cfm

U.S. Supreme Court. (1971). Griggs v. Duke Power Co, Retrieved from  http://caselaw.findlaw.com/us-supreme-court/401/424.html.  Be familiar with the major holdings of this case. This is required for the Case Assignment.

Optional Reading

Beremin, N. (2008, September 10). Adverse impact and disparate treatment [Video file]. Retrieved from  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjTZL9NEIVI

Dorrian, P. (June 2014). EEOC, attorneys discuss trends in disparate impact litigation. HR Focus, 8-10. Retrieved from the Trident Online Library.

Employment Law Information Network (information on recent cases, laws, HRM-related topics)  http://www.elinfonet.com/

Equal Employment Opportunity Laws (federal) website:  http://eeoc.gov . (See this website for the major federal EEO laws.)

Human resource management and the law. (n.d.) Retrieved from  http://www.scribd.com/doc/18002088/Chapter-4-Human-Resource-Management-and-the-Law

Lotito, M., Fitzgerald, B., & LoVerde, D. (Winter 2016). Recent developments in employment law and litigation. Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Law Journal. 51(2) 375-407. Retrieved from the Trident Online Library. This article offers an excellent overview.

Policy Guidance: Application of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA) and the Equal Pay Act of 1963 (EPA) to American firms overseas, their overseas subsidiaries, and foreign firms. (2003). Retrieved from  http://www.eeoc.gov/policy/docs/extraterritorial-adea-epa.html

Pyrillis, R. (Nov., 2016) Boomer bust: Age bias appears to be the last acceptable workplace 'ism' as older workers struggle to stay relevant among the growing... Workforce (Media Tech Publishing, Inc.), 95 (10). Retrieved from the Trident Online Library.

Sims, R., & Sauser, W. (2015). An introduction to legal issues in human resource management. In Sauser, W. I., & Sims, R. R. Legal and regulatory issues in human resources management. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing. pp. 1-26. Retrieved from EBSCO eBooks in the Trident Online Library. This chapter offers a good background on the HR function and related legal issues.

Section 12: Religious Discrimination. (n.d.). In EEOC Compliance Manual. Retrieved from  http://www.eeoc.gov/policy/docs/religion.html

Society for Human Resource Management (2016). Visit the SHRM website ( www.shrm.org ) for some of the latest information on dynamic HRM topics, certification details, and SHRM membership information.

State Labor Laws  website.

United States Department of Labor. (n.d.). Summary of the major laws of the Department of Labor. Retrieved from  http://www.dol.gov/opa/aboutdol/lawsprog.htm