Employment Law Early in 1978, Ed Harbour

Employment Law

Early in 1978, Ed Harbour picked up a seventeen-year-old female hitchhiker on his truck driving route throughout the state of Indiana. Once he picked her up, he performed some very heinous crimes as he brutally raped and beat her. After he performed his business on this woman he left her in the sleeping compartment of his truck. Before this crime, Harbour was recently released from prison as this violent event took place only one year after he was convicted of the aggravated sodomy of two teenage hitchhikers.

An adequate pre-employment inquiry into Harbour's criminal history would almost certainly have resulted in his employer rejecting his employment application and therefore might have prevented the beating and rape of this young woman hitchhiker who was not looking for this to be done to her. Unfortunately, this is a problem that many employers often overlook in order to maximize their profits and minimize their costs. Because employees commit crimes on a regular basis, pre-employment screening may prevent all kinds of previous offenses. Therefore, it makes sense that when employers fail to make adequate inquiries into the criminal histories of prospective employees, they may be subject to liability under the doctrine of negligent hiring.

Although each case should be understood on its own merit, negligent hiring is especially troublesome in certain aspects of the labor market. When jobs such as driving expose people to unnecessary risks, certain responsibilities should be placed on those who are making a profit off these risks.

Question 2

Discrimination is often placed in a very negative context. Discrimination is a very useful tool that helps every single person decide what is best for them and avoid the things that are not attractive to them. Unfortunately discrimination can also be used against someone as well. Employment discrimination is ironically mandated and regulated in such programs as affirmative action, yet are demonized when other circumstances are present. This presents many problems for organizations looking to hire new people into their organization, everyone is human and there are things to like and dislike in each and every one of us.

Employers should always be able to discriminate against whomever they desire to as long as these actions do not inflict undue harm on anyone else. It is also important that people do not have a mandatory right to work either, so employers should hire who they want, when they want and for the reasons that choose.

Too often society tries to eliminate or downplay diversity. There appears a constant urge to eliminate any individuality within the workplace making the environment quite boring and stagnant. Instead we should celebrate our diversity and have faith and trust that people know how to use their discrimination for the better even when there are times when they fail. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder anyway so employers and employees alike should follow their heart's desire instead of pleading and yearning to be lumped into a boring and incomprehensible middle.

Question 3

Help Wanted: Administrative Assistant

This advertisement is a notice that ABC Company is looking to hire an administrative assistant to its staff of professionals. This is a non-exempt job status position.

The person selected for this job is expected to support this company's mission, vision and values by demonstrating the following traits: excellence and competence, collaboration, innovation, commitment to community and accountability and ownership.

Job Description

This person selected for this position will operate under the direct supervision of the Director of ABC. This position provides administrative and secretarial support for designated staff members. In addition to administrative support, performs duties such as data entry and filing of financial records, update member information on website, proof materials prepared by staff, assist with teacher seminar/meetings, mailings, and working on special projects. Drafts correspondence and assembles highly confidential and sensitive information. independent judgment is required to plan, prioritize, and organize diversified workload, recommends changes in office practices or procedures.

Responsibilities

The person hired for this job will provide administrative support to the designate members and assist with preparing materials for meetings and seminars. This person will also maintain essential computer databases, and make frequent correspondences to other business professionals associated with ABC. The administrative assistant will also be required to maintain other important records and files that require bookkeeping and organization skills.

Qualifications

A qualified person for this job will have at least an associate's degree in business or related field. Three years of experience as an administrative assistant is required but may be overlooked with other related experience. Proficiency in 2010 Microsoft Office Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Access. QuickBooks experience preferred, but not required. Testing of skill level may be required as part of the interview process. Requires typing skills of 60 wpm.