National Minimum Drinking Age Act

Stephen Laser, a business psychologist and managing director of his own personnel firm, has discovered three issues that can effect an applicant’s success in a job interview; age, attitude and appearance, Laser calls these “the three A’s”. Age is an unchangeable issue. However, attitude and appearance can be transformed if necessary. Perhaps a complete transformation is not required but certainly improved. Laser believes that attitude is a greater determining…

Situation A: Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) of 1993 provides eligible employees to take unpaid, job-protected leave of absence from work for certain circumstances related to family or medical reasons. To be an eligible employee, one must be employed for at least 12 months, at least 1,250 hours over the past 12 months, and work for a company that has 50 or more employees within a 75 mile radius. According to the United States Department of Labor,…

Age Discrimination The Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) is a federal law that protects workers and job applicants age 40 and over from age-based discrimination in all aspects of employment. The ADEA does not apply to elected officials, independent contractors or military personnel. The law does apply to: Employers with at least 20 employees, Employment agencies, federal government, State and local government (though remedies are often limited), Labor organizations with at least 25…

According to the Age Discrimination Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA), prohibits companies from discriminating anyone on the basis of their age. Specifically, the ADEA protects certain applicants and employees that are at 40 years of age or above. The relevant code section is 29 U.S.C. § 631(a). Under this code, applicants are protected against age discrimination in matters of hiring, firing, or promotions. In case of Palm Beach County, there was an open position for employee relations manager that…

The HP Age Discrimination Lawsuit There have been complaints about the discrimination that is happening in the workplace, such as people losing their jobs based on race, religion, sex and age. The company even went to the extent of putting certain requirements in the guidelines that insinuated that they were only going to hire new comers of a certain age group , this was not a good idea for employees who has being laid off due to a certain age group. This opportunity was a promotion for younger…

accustomed to price fixing. In one case, the Interior Department had reported that steel corporations had set the price for steel at fifty percent higher than that of other countries (Cole 785). Although while it was in practice, the National Industrial Recovery Act seemed to be benefitting the country, after it was ruled unconstitutional, corruption became rampant in the United…

The issue of Income disparity of the working class has been a prevalent economic issue, especially since the industrial revolution in the United States. In The Jungle by Upton Sinclair, he explores the exploitive nature of capitalism during the infancy of the industrial revolution in the United States and the struggles of the immigrant working class. While this piece of literature is a work of fiction, it gives a typical account of the abhorrent working conditions and the lack of policies which…

1. In the above case, Mary Smith is suing Lending Store, Inc. for being fired without any form of explanation. Mary Smith can argue that she has been decimated and the company has violated the Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1972. Under the Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1972, “the right of all employees and job applicants (1) to be treated without discrimination and (2) to be able to sue employees if they are discriminated against” Cheeseman, 2007, p. 428). Mary Smith can argue that…

Deal: 1933-1934) This would impact Rutherford County residence, as well as our national as a whole. We would also see more assistance and relief for farmers which greatly impacted the Rutherford County farmers. In 1936, the Supreme Court declared the Agricultural Adjustment Administration unconstitutional, so it was reworked by the Democrats who proposed the passage of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act. Farmers were still paid to not over produce crops and it would also pay…

A students nightmare is also known as a school’s dream. Funding for the school on the case that students become healthy and become prosperous successful human beings. These are claims that are made by government officials to promote the benefits of the school lunch program. The school lunch program is designed to help improve the health and well being of students, while unintentionally sacrificing on the taste and attractiveness of the given meals. School lunch regulations was created by the…