Instructions

Written assignment: Title VII, The Civil Rights Act of 1964

Write 7 FULL page paper (not including cover page and reference section) discussing the following hypothetical.

Be sure that you present a thorough analysis discussing the rights of the employee and employer under Title VII, The Civil Rights Act of 1964. Whatever your position on the hypothetical; be sure that you support your thoughts and ideas with adequate research as evidenced by in text citation in accordance with APA standards. As such, you should have your researched sources cited throughout the body of your discussion in accordance with APA standards and should also have a corresponding entry in the reference area. A minimum of 5 authoritative sources is required to be used.

Scenario

John is one of the best parcel delivery employees where you are the direct employer of John. 

Under his employment contract, it is John’s duty to deliver packages on the east side of town on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. John, who has never been a religious person suddenly becomes devoutly religious and joins a highly respected religious group. 

John notifies you suddenly that it is against his religion to deliver packages on the east side of town on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays and therefore would be unable to do so. John then proceeds to notify you that his religious objection is protected under Title VII, The Civil Rights Act of 1964. 

You also realize that if John refuses to discharge is his employment duties on the grounds that it violates his religious beliefs that it would cause an undue hardship for the company and risk losing some very valuable accounts. 

As the company owner, what actions would you take in order to be sure that you are compliant under Title VII, The Civil Rights Act of 1964, yet ensure that packages are delivered on the side of town on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.

 

Instructions:

Write a page for the scenario below: 

Assume the role of a manager in a company that has placed a purchase order for XYZ widgets from the Acme Widget Company. When the order arrived, they were delivered at the agreed time; however, they were ABC widgets. Because your company is on a stringent time constraint you do not have time to wait for another shipment to replace the nonconforming goods.

Under the UCC, is the Acme Widget Company liable for breach of contract? Thoroughly explain.

Under the circumstances, does Acme have a right to cure?

What possible rights and remedies if any does your company have as a result of the current dilemma?

Please be sure to validate your opinions and ideas with citations and references in APA format.

 

Project Charter 

You  have been hired to oversee the decentralization of your client’s human  resources function in which corporate functions will be relocated to  each regional office. Your boss wants you to start the project  immediately, but you are insisting that a project charter be established  first. Explain to your boss the importance of a project charter and  what could happen if you decided to proceed ahead without a charter. 

NOTE: MORE THAN ONE ANSWER POSTED CHOOSE ANY

 

Strategic Planning and Organizational Restructuring  

Imagine  you are the HR director of a growing international staffing  organization that services both North America and South America. The CEO  has come to grips with the fact that the HR group, which is currently  decentralized, is in need of restructuring to account for the expected  increase in revenues. The CEO has asked for your opinion on how to best  restructure the firm. Based upon your knowledge, recommend an  organizational structure (e.g., functional, matrix, or projectized)  that will provide growth for the firm. Also, assess the influence that  this project will have on the customers (who are located throughout the  Americas) that are serviced by the HR group. 

NOTE: MORE THAN ONE ANSWER POSTED

Word Length: 1,000 words (10% leeway). Students should aim to produce an answer of the recommended length and may be penalised for answers which exceed the word limit by 10% of the recommended length.

Task:  

The client legal advice will require students to provide a written advice to a hypothetical client in relation to a specific factual scenario (or scenarios) that draw on common issues that arise in practice. Students will apply their knowledge of employment and industrial law in order to provide this advice and to answer the specific questions about that factual scenario. 

A bibliography is not required and there is no requirement to set out answers in a letter format. Please use appropriate legal referencing [but note that full citations are not necessary: you can use an abbreviated statute name eg FW Act, s311 (when referring to the sections of the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth))].

Before commencing preparation for this task, it is strongly advisable for students to read the UTS Law Faculty’s Guide to Written Communicationhttp://www.uts.edu.au/sites/default/files/law-form-guide-written-communication.pdf . This guide has a section on writing a legal problem question (which is the same aswriting a legal advice).

Turnitin: 

Essays must be submitted online through the turnitin application on UTSCanvas by the due 

date. All essays will be subject to an originality check through turnitin and the results may be 

used in the assessment of the essay. Please use the “UTS: Law Assignment Cover Sheet For Online Submission” 

No extension after assessment handed back: Please note that extensions will only be granted on the basis of illness, misadventure or disability.  Extensions will not be granted for a date after the assessment task is handed back to students. 

Avoiding Academic Misconduct: 

It is the responsibility of each student to not commit academic misconduct (including attempts by students to procure ghost written material, cheat, plagiarise or otherwise act dishonestly in undertaking an assessment task or assisting other students to do so) in the completion and submission of assessment assignments. Students must submit original work (student’s own work and not previously submitted for assessment) for each assessment task. 

Please see the employment and industrial law 79034 subject outline for more information on academic misconduct by students. 

Assessment grading criteria 

• Correct identification of important legal issues.  • Correct application of relevant cases and statutory materials • Succinctness, precision, clarity and persuasiveness of writing and arguments  • Correct advice on the appropriate action to take