Employee Compliance Memorandum

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Employee Law Compliance Plan Raven Taylor HRM/531 August 19, 2013 Sharon Fletcher Employee Law Compliance Plan Memorandum TO: Traci Goldeman FROM: Raven Taylor DATE: August 19, 2013 SUBJECT: Employment Laws What has been asked of me is provide an employee compliance plan for Mr. Bradley Stonefield. Mr. Stonefield is seeking to start a limousine service titled “Landslide Limousines”, and focus on providing first-class transportation in the Austin, Texas area. This business will be comprised of 25 employees within the first year. By establishing a limousine service, certain employment laws are beneficial in ensuring the company is in compliance to make sure the company stays on the right track. This memo will address the employment…show more content…
Title VII is most relevant to the employment context because it prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin in all aspects of employment (including apprenticeship programs). Title VII is the most important federal EEO law because it contains the broadest coverage, prohibitions, and remedies” (Cascio, 2013, p.83). This law was passed to provide fairness for all people to make sure they are employed for their talents and not a bias on their backgrounds to determine if they are fit for the job. Noncompliance may result in disciplinary actions if courts can prove punitive and compensatory damages for the employee under the Title VII by establishing a prima facie case of discrimination (Cascio, 2013, p.85). The Equal Pay Act of 1963 The Equal Pay Act, which is part of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as amended Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), and which is administered and enforced by the EEOC, prohibits sex-based wage discrimination between men and women in the same establishment who perform jobs that require substantially equal skill, effort and responsibility under similar working conditions. “Pay differentials are legal and appropriate if they are based on seniority, merit, systems that measure the quality or quantity of work, or any factor other than sex (Cascio, 2013, p.…show more content…
812). (B) The term “illegal use of drugs” means the use of drugs, the possession or distribution of which is unlawful under the Controlled Substances Act [21 U.S.C. 801 et seq.]. Such term does not include the use of a drug taken under supervision by a licensed health care professional, or other uses authorized by the Controlled Substances Act [21 U.S.C. 801 et seq.] or other provisions of Federal law ("The Rehabilitation Act Of 1972", ). For a limousine service, safe driving is a very important concern for the safety of employees and patrons accessing the limos. The use of drugs is illegal and should no employee should be under the influence while operating machinery. In the Texas Driver’s Handbook is Chapter 10: How Alcohol and Drugs Affect the Ability to Drive, it is discussed the alcohol and other types of drugs in relevance to descriptions, offenses, penalties and fines up to $10,000 and 2-20 years in a penitentiary (Texas Driver's Handbook, 2012). . “In Texas you are considered legally intoxicated if you have a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) of 0.08 or more” (Texas Driver's Handbook,
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