HRM MIC M5 M6 MICtd

Legal Aspects of Human Resource Management

Case Assignment

Read through the following case study, before you answer the questions:

Lorraine recently started working for Golden Hospital in the claims/billing department. Her duties included preparing and submitting Medicare/Medicaid claims for payment. Shortly after being hired Lorraine noticed there were numerous irregularities which were potentially illegal billings to Medicare. When she raised the issue to her supervisor Barry, she was terminated. Lorraine inquired as to the reason and was told that according to the staff handbook all employees are hired "At Will"; thus, no reason or notice was needed for her termination.

Respond to the following:

1. What is "AT WILL" employment?

2. Are there any exceptions to "AT WILL" employment?

3. As the director of HR for Golden Hospital what concerns would you have over Lorraine's termination?

4. Who should be notified about her termination? Why?

5. How would you handle the situation with her supervisor, Barry?

Be sure to properly cite all references.

Assignment Expectations

Number of pages:  2 to 3 pages

Scholarly Content

Your CASE/SLP and your case assignments are considered scholarly works. Your final work should include a MINIMUM of 10 peer reviewed (scholarly) sources. This does not mean that you must place 10 peer reviewed sources in each module of your CASE/SLP. I anticipate that the nature of the questions which must be answered in this project will result in the accumulation of more than 10 references, but 10 is the minimum number. This means by the end of module 5, I should be able to go back and count AT A MINIMUM a total of 10 scholarly-peer reviewed publications in all of your submitted papers. If you are uncertain what a peer reviewed (scholarly) source is, please click this link

Appropriate Headings and Paper Flow

Remember that you are preparing a formal academic paper. Your paper should make use of appropriate headings and subheadings. You should not cut & paste the questions posed and answer them like a “Question and Answer” session. Your finished paper should read like an academic paper.

Your assignment will be graded according to the Case and SLP Grading Rubric. (To see the rubric, go to Assessments>Rubrics. Click the arrow next to the rubric name and choose Preview.)

Additional considerations to keep in mind while working on your Case Assignments:

Originality and use of directly quoted material

· The purpose of each assignment is for you to present your understanding and synthesis of the background material and key concepts. Accordingly, this must be accomplished substantially in your own words.

· Use directly quoted material sparingly and only when preserving the exact words of an author is necessary. For purposes of this course, rarely should directly quoted material represent more than 5-10 percent of your entire case paper’s content. Composing a paper patched together from mostly quoted material is not acceptable.

· Be sure to properly reference all directly quoted material and include the in-text citations. All paraphrased information also requires reference citations at the end of the paraphrased section.