Masters in HRER 501 – Labor and Employment Law
Masters in HRER 501 – Labor and Employment Law
Textbook: Employment Law for Human Resource Practice 6TH 19; Author: Walsh, David J; Publisher – Cengage Learning
Essay Assignment – PLEASE ANSWER ESSAY QUESTION 2 & 3 IN IRAC FORMAT.
Please respond to each question set in the order in which it appears below, inserting the number of the question set as a heading or in the first line of the response to that set.
QUESTION SET ONE
Elena is an assistant script writer at Super Productions, one of the biggest and most successful Hollywood production companies. She and several coworkers applied for an available script writer position, which pays about 50% more than she now makes. When she submitted her application, Elena was told that she was well qualified for the promotion, which was no surprise to anyone in light of her previous glowing reviews and her track record with the company.
Unfortunately, her career has taken a turn for the worse. It all started Tuesday night, when Harvey, the company’s CEO, asked her to come to his Malibu beach house to go over a script. When she arrived, Harvey was dressed in bathing trunks and sipping from a glass of Scotch. Although their discussion was script-related and there was no overtly sexual conduct on Harvey’s part, Elena was extremely uncomfortable and left as soon as she could. The following morning she complained to Maria, the Deputy Director of HR. Being asked to work alone at night with Harvey in his home while he was drinking and not fully clothed was, as far as Elena was concerned, highly offensive and tantamount to sexual harassment.
Later that week, Elena learned that she did not get the script writer promotion and that Jack, one of her co-workers, had been selected for the position.
Analyze whether Elena could make out a prima facie claim in connection with the promotion decision using the indirect method (see pp. 81-87 and 98-99 of the Walsh textbook.)Your response should identify her legal claim(s) and assess her ability to show each of the elements of a prima facie case related to her claim(s).
If additional information would be helpful to your analysis, explain how and why it would impact your analysis.
QUESTION SET TWO
We’ve learned a little more about why Elena didn’t get the promotion. As it turns out, although Harvey made the final decision, he based his decision to select Jack entirely on the recommendation of Milt, a Super Productions screen writer who was a member of the interviewing panel. While Harvey remained blissfully unaware of Elena’s complaints, Milt had heard about them through the grapevine. A long time employee of Super Productions, Milt had always felt that it was much easier to work with guys, and Elena’s gripes just confirmed his thinking. As far as Milt was concerned, not only are men more likely to write great scripts, they’re a lot easier to deal with – a point of view that he’d shared with his boss, Harvey, on more than one occasion. After all, Milt had never heard of a guy complaining about sexual harassment. And, on top of that, Milt strongly believed that Elena needed to be taught a lesson. After all, complaints about the boss are not good for the company and Jack, to Milt’s knowledge, had never complained about Harvey. Although Milt did not share these specific thoughts about Elena with Harvey, they were the basis for Milt’s recommendation that Jack get the promotion. When Harvey asked Milt about Elena’s previously glowing reviews and reputation for high quality work, Milt told him that her record had been overblown and Jack was the better candidate.
Using the IRAC format:
1. First, identify the narrow Issue(s) identified in this fact pattern.
2. Second, identify and describe the rule or test the courts use to analyze such issues. To receive points for this part of the question, you must reference a case in the course reading in which the rule/test was applied. Be sure to identify the case by its full name and give the page on which it appears in the course reading.
3. Third, discuss how the court Applied the rule to the salient or most important facts in that case(the court’s Analysis.)
4. Finally, analyze our fact pattern, i.e., apply the rule to our fact pattern and describe the Conclusion that you anticipate a court would reach based on the law and our facts.
If additional information would be helpful to your analysis, explain how and why it would impact the analysis.
QUESTION SET THREE
AZAP is a tech start-up founded by four guys who grew up together. So far, they’ve hired about a dozen employees, all men. That’s largely because about 80% of the applications have been from male applicants. While AZAP has no federal or other government contracts now, it wants to be well positioned to get them in the future. The company is also aware of the buzz about diversity in the workplace. So, Serge, who’s in charge of recruiting, has decided that going forward, two of out every three hires will be female. To that end, he’s revised the online application to screen for indicia of gender and, while he was at it, to additionally screen for date of high school graduation. Serge made the latter change because AZAP only wants applicants who have grown up in the digital world.
Analyze the fact pattern using the IRAC formula. Be sure to
1. First, identify the narrow issue(s) arising out of Serge’s changes to the recruiting process.
2. Second, identify and describe the rule or test the courts use to analyze such issues. To receive points for this part of the question, you must reference a case in the course reading in which the rule/test was applied. Be sure to identify the case by its full name and give the page on which it appears in the course reading.
3. Third, discuss how the court applied the rule to the salient or most important facts in that case (the court’s analysis.)
4. Finally, analyze our fact pattern, i.e., apply the rule to our fact pattern and describe the conclusion that you anticipate a court would reach based on the law and our facts.
If additional information would be helpful to your analysis, explain how and why it would impact the analysis.
Please read details attached in the Lesson 3 Overview & Commentary.
Please use the Text E-mailed earlier – Employment Law for Human Resource Practice – David J Walsh 2019 Cenage Learning.
Please use APA Style for references.
Please include page nos. from the text for all references.
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