Your final assignment, Employment Law, will be due in Week 9. For this assignment, research sexual harassment and other forms of unlawful workplace harassment. Using one of the scenarios provided,...

Employment Law

Scenario

For this assignment, choose either option 1 or 2. You do not need to do both. You will apply one of these scenarios in the instructionsbelow. Both options will be graded using the same scoring guide.

Option 1

You are the new HR manager for Java Corp.The company has just lost a sexual harassment lawsuit and damages include back pay, front pay, punitive damages, and attorney’s fees. The plaintiff, Ms. Stapel, was a female manager who had a consensual sexual relationship with her male boss, Mr. Rowe.Both moved up in title and responsibility over the past 5 years. After the relationship ended, Mr. Rowe made several offensive comments to co-workers about Ms. Stapel, without her knowledge. Later, a number of other employees, who reported to Mr. Rowe, made offensive sexual comments directly to Ms. Stapel.

The company has a harassment policy but only referred someone who felt harassed to their immediate supervisor and provided no other avenues of complaint.Your first project for Java Corp is to create a formal policy that will protect the employees, the organization, and all stakeholders. You will also prepare a PowerPoint that could be used as a training tool for new employees on the importance of following anti-harassment policies.

Option 2

Choose an organization to use for this assignment.It can be where you are currently employed or a company with which you are familiar.It must be an organization that is researchable, as you will need to gather and analyze information to complete the assignment. You may use the same organization you selected for previous assignments.

If you choose the organization where you are currently employed, please keep in mind that the analyses you make must be based on facts that can be documented rather than your personal opinion as an employee. Think about a situation in which an employee was sexually harassed at work. Reflect on what the organization did well and what the organization did wrong.

Research the sexual and work harassment policies of the chosen organization to further assess if the situation was handled properly.

Instructions

Based on your research of sexual harassment and other forms of unlawful workplace harassment, complete the following.

In a Word document, develop an anti-harassment workplace policy that includes the following components:

• Objective.




• Prohibited conduct under this policy, including discrimination, harassment, sexual harassment, and retaliation.




• Confidentiality.




• Complaint procedure.




• Employee acknowledgment of policy.

Prepare a PowerPoint Presentationfor upper management training. In your presentation:

• Explain the legal basis for protecting employees from harassment with supporting laws or regulations.




• Describe different types of sexual harassment found in the workplace. This can include, but notlimited to, quid pro quoand hostile work environment.




• Explain other types of harassment, outside of sexual harassment, to consider in a workplace policy.




• Articulate how an organization can be at risk of harassment claims and how they can best legally protect themselves.




• Summarize reporting and investigation procedures. Specifically, discuss how the issue or complaint is brought to HR’s attention, who is involved in the investigation, how the communication process works with those involved.




• Summarize how the anti-harassment policy should be communicated to employees.




• Analyze organizational benefits realized having a sound anti-harassment policy in place. Consider company reputation, employee morale, retention, productivity, and the like.

AdditionalRequirements

Policy

This part of your assignment should also meet the following requirements:

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  Length: 3–5 pages. Strive to be as detailed as possible in addressing each of the policy's components above.




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  Written communication: Communicate in a manner that is scholarly and professional. Your writing should be:
  
  
  
  
  
  
  • Concise and logically organized.
  
  
  
  
  • Free of errors in grammar and mechanics.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  




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  Resources: If you use a source in the text of your policy, you need to reference it. The last page of your policy should be your reference list. Format all citations and references in accordance with current APA guidelines.Refer to theEvidence and APACampus page for guidance.

PowerPoint Presentation

This part of your assignment should also meet the following requirements:

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  Audience: Create a presentation suitable for the upper management of your selected organization.
  
  
  
  Length: 8–12 slides, including speaker’s notes, a title slide, and a reference slide.




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  Validation and support: Use a minimum of seven relevant and credible scholarly or professional resources such as the
  
  Wall Street Journal
  
  to support your work.




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  APA format: Format all citations and references in accordance with current APA guidelines.




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  Complexity: Do not get hung up on adding too many graphics, audio, or video. Select a PowerPoint template appropriate for a professional presentation. Please make sure the background color you choose does not interfere with the font selection and that it is easy to read.Do not overbuild your slides; information that supports and expands on what you say should appear as speaker’s or presenter’s notes.

Note: It is expected that your SafeAssign results for the policy document in Word will have a high percentage match, as you are aligning with legal standards. Your PowerPoint presentation should not be nearly as high. Please make sure you cite your sources within both documents according to current APA style.

Your PowerPoint presentation should be saved as a PDF to properly capture the presenter notes.

Here is how to save PowerPoint as PDF with notes included (Microsoft, n.d.):

• Open your PowerPoint presentation.




• Click
  
  File > Print.




• Under
  
  Print, click
  
  Microsoft Print to PDF.