Discuss the following:
You will start by choosing any currently controversial employment law issue. "Controversial" in this sense means a law or policy that lacks consensus in the employment world regarding overall propriety, application, cost, liability, etc. Many examples are discussed in the lesson material for this course, but here are some simple examples.
1. How should employers address the requirement to subsidize employee health insurance, as the Affordable Care Act requires?
2. Should employers be permitted to refuse coverage for contraception in health insurance provisions for religious reasons?
3. Should sexual orientation and/or gender identity be explicitly added to the list of federally protected classes?
4. Should addictions, obesity, or Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) be classified as disabilities under the Americans with Disabilities Act? (you would choose one condition)
5. Should affirmative action be mandatory standard practice in hiring to avoid discrimination, inadvertent or otherwise?
6. Should employers' good faith reasons for criminal and credit checks trump any issues of disparate impact discrimination?
7.Should employers be permitted to require access to and control over employees' social media accounts as a prerequisite of employment?
8. Should 'right to work' laws be expanded or eliminated?
9. How should employers respond to President Obama's executive order raising the salary threshold for overtime eligibility?
Absent a subpoena, should employers be required to show that they are not engaged in gender-based pay discrimination?
10. Should the United States follow the lead of other industrialized nations and amend the Family and Medical Leave Act to provide for paid leave?
After you've chosen an issue, you will research three (3) peer-reviewed academic legal articles discussing the different sides of your issue, and review them in a paper.
Submission Instructions:
This assignment must at a minimum contain 750 words of content (double spaced) and should be in APA format including a properly formatted cover page (abstracts are optional) and a reference page with at least three (3) NEW references ("new" here means references that you have not already used in previous assignments in this course). Providing additional references to your assignments demonstrate your desire to conduct additional research on the topic area, and can improve your research skills.
You must follow APA format: