Instructor Solution Manual For Employment Law for Business, 10th Edition, Dawn Bennett-Alexander

SolutionManual
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EmploymentLawforBusiness,10thEdition,
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DawnBennett-Alexander,Chapters1-16
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,TABLEOFCONTENTS x x




Chapter1TheRegulationofEmployment
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Chapter2The Employment LawToolkit:Resources forUnderstandingthe Law andRecurringLegal
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Concepts
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Chapter3Title VIIofthe CivilRights Actof1964
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Chapter4LegalConstructionoftheEmploymentEnvironment Chapter5Affirmative
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Action
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Chapter6RaceandColorDiscrimination Chapter7
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NationalOriginDiscrimination Chapter8Gender
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Discrimination Chapter9SexualHarassment
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Chapter10SexualOrientationandGenderIdentityDiscrimination Chapter11Religious
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Discrimination
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Chapter12AgeDiscrimination Chapter13
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DisabilityDiscrimination
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Chapter14TheEmployee’s RighttoPrivacyandManagementofPersonal
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Information

Chapter15 Labor Law857
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Chapter16SelectedEmploymentBenefitsandProtections
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Chapter 1 x

, TheRegulation ofEmployment x x x




ChapterObjective x




The studentisintroducedtotheregulatory environmentof theemploymentrelationship.The chapter
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examines whether regulation isactually necessary orbeneficial or if,perhaps,the relationshipwould
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farebetterwithlessgovernmentalintervention.Theconceptsof―freedom‖to contractinthe
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regulatoryemployment environmentandnon-compete agreementsarediscussed. Since the
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regulations and case law discussed in this text rely on an individual‘s classification as an employeror
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an employee,those definitions aredelineated and explored.
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LearningObjectives x




(Click onthe icon followingthe learning objective to be linkedtothe location in the outlinewherethe chapter
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xaddressesthatparticularobjective.) x x x




Atthe conclusion ofthischapter,the studentsshould be ableto:
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1. Describethebalancebetween thefreedom tocontract andthecurrent regulatory x x x x x x x x x x x




environmentforemployment.
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2. Identify whoissubjecttowhichemploymentlawsand understandtheimplicationofeachof these
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laws forboth theemployer andemployee.
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3. Delineatethe riskstotheemployercaused byemployeemisclassification. x x x x x x x x x x




4. Explain thedifferencebetween andemployee andan independent contractor andthe tests
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that help us in that determination.
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5. Articulatethevariouswaysinwhichtheconcept―employer‖isdefinedbythevarious x x x x x x x x x x x x x




employment-relatedregulations.
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6. Describethepermissible parametersofnon-competeagreements. x x x x x x x




DetailedChapterOutline x x




Scenarios—PointsforDiscussion x x

, ScenarioOne:Thisscenariooffersanopportunityto reviewthedistinctionsbetweenan employeeandx x x x x x x x x x x x x x




anindependentcontractordiscussedinthechapter(see―TheDefinitionof Employee,‖particularly
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Exhibits 1.3–1.5). Discuss the IRS 20-factor analysis, as it applies to Dalia‘s position. In light ofthe low
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level ofcontrol that Dalia had over her fees andher work process, andthelimits upon herchoice of
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clients,students should cometo theconclusion that Daliais an employee(therefore,eligible to file an
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unemploymentclaim), rather than an independentcontractor.
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ScenarioTwo:Sorayawouldnothaveacauseofactionthat wouldberecognized bytheEEOC. Review x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x




thesection―TheDefinitionof‗Employer‘‖withstudents,anddiscusstherationalethat determines the
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status ofa supervisor vis-à-visanti-discrimination legislation. Because Soraya is Soraya‘s
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supervisor, not her employer, he cannot bethe target of an EEOC claim of sexual harassment.
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CCC,Soraya‘semployer, wouldbevulnerable to anEEOC claim ifthecompany lackedor failedto follow
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a system foremployeeredressof discrimination grievances.However,inthis case, CCC appearsto have
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a viable anti-discrimination policythat it adheredto diligently; consequently, Soraya would be unlikely
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to win a decisionin herfavor. Thecourtin Williams v. Banning (1995) offered the following rationale for
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its decision in asimilar case:
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―Shehasanemployerwhowassensitiveandresponsivetohercomplaint.Shecantake comfort x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x




inthe knowledgethat shecontinuestowork forthis company,while herharasser does not and
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thatthe company'sprompt action islikely to discourage other would be harassers. This is
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preciselythe result Title VII wasmeanttoachieve.‖
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ScenarioThree:StudentsshoulddiscusswhetherornotMyanon-competeagreementislikelytobe foundx x x x x x x x x x x x x x




reasonableby a court, and elaboratethe aspects ofthe agreement that Myamight contestas
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xunreasonable(seesectionbelow,―CovenantsNottoCompete‖).DoesMyahaveapersuasive x x x x x x x x x x x x




xargumentthattheterms ofher non-compete agreementare unreasonablein scopeor duration? x x x x x x x x x x x x x




Might shehave grounds toclaim thatthe agreementprohibitsher frommaking a living?
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Given the diversityof state lawsregulating non-competeagreements,discuss the rangeof legal
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xrestrictions that might apply to Mya‘sparticular agreement with her employer. As an employeewho x x x x x x x x x x x x x




xworks across several states, Mya‘s defense may depend upon the presence—andspecific
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language—of aforumselectionclause in hernon-compete agreement.Consider whatlanguage would
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bemorelikelytoprovide Nan with astrongdefense against thebreach of contract claim.
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Myamight alsoargue that thecompany‘s client list is available through public means,and therefore,
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her access tothis list should not beprohibited.
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General Lecture Notefor EmploymentLaw Course x x x x x x




Inordertoteach this course,instructorshave foundthatstudentsmustbe madetofeel relatively
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xcomfortablewith theirpeers.Instructors will be asking the studentsto behonest andto stay in their x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x




truth,even at times when theyfeelthat theiropinion on one ofthese matterswill not be
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