For the 8-12 page (not including the cover page or references) paper you will select a case or situation involving one or more of the topics we have studied this semester. You must base your paper around a real life case or scenario and not just a concept or topic of law. A good place to start to find your topic are the “clippings” boxes in the textbook that contain brief descriiptions of cases or the “just the facts” boxes in the textbook that describe real life scenarios. You do not have to use the “clippings” or the “just the facts” sections but these are good places to start. You are not allowed to use any of the longer case excerpts in the book nor any of the case choices for the case analysis as the purpose of the assignment is to research cases not fully discussed in the book to educate your fellow student about those cases.
You will need to research relevant information, such as the facts and the result of the case and the current laws that apply to the topic. You need to discuss the outcome of the case (if you can find it) and how current laws apply to your case and the larger legal topic. You will need to research how different companies are tackling this problem, discuss what these companies are doing and then analyze and explain what you think is the best solution and why
Substantive Requirements: Provide the following information below. The bolded and underlined sections below must be used as the headings in your paper.
Introduction: Give an introduction to the problem (the employment law case or scenario you selected for your paper), provide a descriiption of the problem and describe the larger employment law topic to which your case or scenario
relates. You must base your paper around a real life case or scenario and not just a concept or topic of law.
Background/History – Describe the events/facts led to the case or scenario, what the result was, if you can find it, and provide a historical overview of the topic. Also describe the actual or possible resolution to the case/scenario.
Current Research/Law: Describe legal principles/law at issue and how those principles/law led to result in the case or relate to the case or scenario you chose. Make sure you explain how the law led to the result in the case and/or how the law would apply to lead to a resolution of the scenario.
Explanation of How This Topic is Related to Employment Law: Explain how this case or scenario is related to the larger topic of employment law and the law/legal principles that are at issue in this specific case/scenario.
Suggestions to Prevent the Problem and/or Suggestions of Best Practices: Discuss the larger problem at hand in the case or scenario. Research best practices related to the larger problem at hand. Based on this research and any suggestions you have to prevent problems, describe best practices and potential policies or procedures an employer could have put in place to prevent the problem. Discuss whether the employee should have done things differently to fix the problem or prevent the problem from happening in the first place. Make sure to research and include how different companies are resolving or preventing similar issues.
How these issues impact your role as a potential HR professional: Discuss how the overall issue/case/scenario and subsequent events would impact your role as a potential HR professional and/or the HR department. What policies, procedures and trainings would you put in place to prevent a similar problem from happening in the future? If you know what specific role you plan to hold in a HR department, feel free to include examples that relate to your role.
Discussion Questions for Other Students: At least two questions that lead to further discussion on the case, the legal concepts, or best practices that were discussed in the paper must be posed. These questions should give other students a prompt on which to base their discussion posts.
Any additional thoughts or conclusions.
