Legal Issues in Human Resources Management 

 

This module provides a survey of employment laws. The PowerPoint and accompanying instructor’s manual cover issues including employment discrimination (such as protected class, disparate impact, disparate treatment, retaliation); military leave; drug-free workplace legal issues; workplace violence; the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA); the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA); negligent referral; negligent hiring; negligent retention; and employee references. A series of case studies, based on the concepts presented in the module, accompanies the module. Download both the instructor’s manual for the cases and the student workbook.

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