Employment Law

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Employment Law

• Chapter 21

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Employee Contracts

• Independent Contractor hired separately to
  complete a job.
• Ex. The electrician hired to install the wiring
  in a house may have nothing to do with the rest
  of the construction workers.
• Express Agreements oral or written contracts.
• Ex. Who recently signed the most lucrative
  sports contract? David Beckham, 250 M/5 years
• Implied Agreements can be terminated at any
  time from either end.

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Ending Employment Contracts

• By performance job has been completed
• At will can quit/be fired without reason
  because no specific length of time for employee
  relationship
• Wrongful discharge
• Cant fire because of race, religion, gender,
  pregnancy, veteran status, or national origin, as
  well as union activities
• Cant fire in retaliation for
• Refusal to commit perjury
• Workers comp
• Filing a report of companys violations
• Urging the company to comply with the law

4
Ending Employment Contracts

• Government employees are entitled to due process
• Breach of contract obligations not fulfilled

5
Unemployment compensation

• Money paid to workers who have lost their jobs
  through no fault of their own.
• Discharged without cause discharge was not due
  to the employees conduct.
• Ex. The company makes a decision to outsource
  your department
• Discharged for cause generally not eligible for
  unemployment.

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How unemployment compensation works

• of your regular wages
• Good for a period of 6 months
• Must show weekly that you are actively seeking
  employment
• Do not have to accept job offers, just show that
  you are seeking employment
• Not eligible if you quit, strike, or refuse to
  accept similar substitute work.

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DUTY!

• Employers duties
• Reasonable treatment
• Safe working conditions
• Fair labor standards
• Fair Labor Standards Act for minimum
  wages/working hours
• http//www.state.il.us/agency/idol/
• Payroll deductions
• Income taxes
• FICA
• Provide payments for
• Workers comp
• Match FICA contributions
• Unemployment compensation
• Re-employ military personnel
• Civic duties (voting/jury duty)

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More Duty

• Employees Duties
• Obedience
• Reasonable skill
• Loyalty and honesty
• Reasonable performance

9
Minors in the workforce

• Principles
• A persons early years are best used to obtain an
  education
• Certain work is harmful or dangerous for young
  people
• Child labor at reduced wages takes away work from
  adults
• States regulates child labor laws

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Research/Discussion

• How much do different professional sports earn?
  What about other entertainers?
• What do average high school drop outs earn? How
  do wages increase with education obtained?
  http//www.bls.gov
• Review this article http//www.time.com/time/mag
  azine/article/ 0,9171,1181596,00.html?cnnyes
• Describes the consequences of dropping out of
  high school
• Review this commonly seen, but rarely read
  poster http//www.state.il.us/agency/idol/forms/
  pdfs/flsp01a.pdf
• Reading charts is a CLS in science and there are
  many charts on bls.gov