STRAYER LEG100 WEEK 6 ASSIGNMENT 1-Good Grocers, Inc.

Assignment
1: Good Grocers, Inc.
Due Week
6 and worth 150 points
Note: The company mentioned herein is
merely a hypothetical organization with characteristics developed to enable
students to respond to the assignment. You may create and / or make all
necessary assumptions needed for the completion of this assignment.
After
Good Grocers, Inc. expanded its organic produce section and adopted a “buy
local” policy, sales increased. The Virginia-based chain expanded its retail
locations from seven to twelve (7 to 12) over the last three (3) years.
As the
Assistant Human Resources Manager, your job is to advise store managers about
legal and personnel matters. The leadership at Good Grocers, Inc. considers you
to be a legally astute manager, who consults with the corporation’s attorney,
as necessary. The corporation’s leadership has tasked you with managing two (2)
situations have come across your desk. Please respond with support that is
backed by the law.
Write a
three to four (3-4) page paper which addresses the two (2) situations from two
(2) store managers.
Situation
1
Last week,
my produce manager reported the following incident:
As I came out from the bakery, I saw a woman lying
on the floor of the produce department. Her husband started yelling at me,
saying, “She slipped on a banana peel and fell. My wife is the anchorwoman for
NEWSNOW, and we are going to sue you!”
She didn’t look hurt, but I called 911 and filed an
incident report that contained the facts of the situation. When viewing the
area, I did, in fact, see a banana peel on the floor, but it was still yellow
and lying on top of a ribbed rubber mat. The woman in question was wearing
five-inch high heels. But I wasn’t sure what to say, other than the woman would
be hearing from us.
Explain whether this
situation is best handled by litigation or by a particular form of
alternative dispute resolution.Based on how you would
handle this situation, either through litigation or a particular form of
alternative dispute resolution, outline the key next steps involved in
seeking a resolution. Justify your response.
Situation
2
Last
week, my bakery manager was short an employee over Mother’s Day weekend when
the bakery is always busy. To make up for being shorthanded, the bakery manager
called in Ms. Greene, an independent contractor. Generally, Ms. Greene comes in
on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday nights between 6 to 9 p.m. just to decorate
cakes; she has her own bakery business. We furnish all of her equipment, and we
pay her by the cake.
Ms.
Greene worked eight (8) hours on Saturday and another eight (8) hours on Sunday
over Mother’s Day weekend. We paid her $15.00 per hour. On the following Monday
when Ms. Greene came in, she told me that she wanted to receive the same
benefits as the other Good Grocers part-time employees, such as paid time off
and employee discounts. Ms. Greene asserted that she really is a part-time
employee who deserves the usual employee benefits.
3. Determine whether Ms. Greene is an independent
contractor or a part-time employee. Provide a rationale for your response.
4. Explain the reasoning supporting whether or not
Ms. Greene should receive the same benefits as part-time employees.
Suggested
resources for this assignment:
Access your Learning
Resource Center (LRC) at the top of your iCampus screen. Search by keyword
for business articles on arbitration, mediation, or independent
contractors. You may also use your LRC to access legal topics and articles
through the Lexis Nexis database.At FindLaw, located at .findlaw.com/”>http://www.findlaw.com/,
you may search by legal topic or enter a keyword(s) into a search box to
find relevant information and articles.You may use the following
additional resources:
·

Internal Revenue Service
(IRS): .irs.gov/Businesses/Small-Businesses-&-Self-Employed/Independent-Contractor-Self-Employed-or-Employee”>http://www.irs.gov/Businesses/Small-Businesses-&-Self-Employed/Independent-Contractor-Self-Employed-or-EmployeeThe Virginia Department of
Labor and Industry: .doli.virginia.gov/laborlaw/laborlaw.html”>http://www.doli.virginia.gov/laborlaw/laborlaw.html
Your
assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
Use at least two (2) quality
academic resources in this assignment, such as a government Website, and
include internal citations. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not
qualify as academic resources.Be typed, double spaced,
using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides;
citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check
with your professor for any additional instructions.Include a cover page
containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the
professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the
reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.
The
specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:
Describe the legal
environment of business, the sources of American law, and the basis of
authority for government to regulate business.Explain basic court
procedures, types of courts, and alternative dispute resolution methods.Use technology and
information resources to research issues in business law.Write clearly and concisely
about business law using proper writing mechanics.
Grading
for this assignment will be based on answer quality, logic / organization of
the paper, and language and writing skills, using the following rubric .strayer.edu/bbcswebdav/institution/LEG/100/1148/week6/Week%206%20Assignment%201%20Grading%20Rubric.html”>found here.