April 4th, 2022 
Activity #9: Planning for Employment Law Issues Due Sun., 4/10 Name:
Set Up: Ch. 9 addresses many facets of Employment Law and potential issues. Good to be aware of these before you’re in an official leadership position in which you can be sued.
For this activity,
1) Review the various aspects of Employment Law covered in the text in the chart below (have added a few).
2) Choose your TOP TEN that you feel could lead to a lawsuit in your world (The assumption is that you will be in a leadership position.) Perhaps your seeing or being the victim of discrimination will inform your decisions here.
3) Indicate how this general issue would most likely become a lawsuit in your world.
4) Provide one or more SMART (specific, measurable, achievable, realistic & timely) suggestions on how you, your department, institution or company could ensure due process and avoid a lawsuit in this area. Be proactive!
5) Want to earn up to 20 bonus points? Select any other of the areas and address as above—2 bonus points apiece.
My leadership position: _________________________________________________________________________________
GENERAL ASPECT OF EMPLOYMENT (Dr. R. has added a few here). | Is this in your Top 10 or Bonus? | How Could This Area Lead To a Lawsuit in Your World? (Assume you are the leader). | What is a SMART (specific, measurable, achievable, realistic & timely) suggestion to prevent a lawsuit? |
1)Teacher/Professor Tenure (or continuing contract) | |||
2)Employee Breach of Contract | |||
3)Employment Discrimination | |||
4)Religion, Sex, or National Origin as Bona Fide Qualification | |||
5)Employment Related Testing | |||
6)Affirmative Action in Employment | |||
7)Sexual Harassment under Title VII | |||
8)Marriage and Pregnancy Discrimination | |||
9)LGBT[Q]] Employment Discrimination | |||
10)Age Discrimination | |||
11)National Origin Discrimination | |||
12)Professional Ethics | |||
13)Private Conduct/Professional Responsibilities | |||
14)Performance Evaluation of Employees | |||
15)Personnel Files | |||
16)Open Records and Open Meetings Laws | |||
17)Labor Unions and Collective Bargaining | |||
18)Hostile Environment | |||
19) The boundaries of 1st Amendment | |||
20) Incompetence |
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