The Complex Environment of Employment Law

Lesson 1

1. Read Week 2 - Article 1, which is available as a PDF in this week’s module in Canvas.

0. View Lecture 04: The Complex Environment of Employment Law, located in the Media Gallery.

0. Complete and Submit Assignment 2. This assignment requires you to contrast U.S. EEO law to comparable laws in the states. A very useful starting place is the List of State Fair Employment Practices Agencies - TheLaw.com for a directory of state fair employment practices agencies. Choose two (2) states, other than New Jersey, and in no more than one (1) page, answering the following questions:

· Does state EEO law cover any employers that would be too small for federal EEO law?

· Does state EEO law protect homosexuals from employment discrimination, unlike federal EEO law?

This assignment must be typed and submitted electronically in MS Word format (.docx or .pdf) and must be named: LastName_Assignment2. Submit your completed assignment to Assignment 2, listed in this week’s module in Canvas.