assignment #1:hoose a current legal issue that is affecting or could potentially affect employees. The issue must be related to current or pending legislation. It cannot be an issue that businesses have already addressed, for example, sexual harassment and discrimination based on federally protected classes.
Assume you are the HR Director of a medium to large corporation or the owner of a small business. You are free to create the business scenario of your choice. Draft a memo informing your employees on the topic you chose. The purpose of this memo is to keep them up to date on a legal issue that might affect them or the company. At a minimum, your memo should include:
A description of the legal issue in a way that your audience could understand it (in other words, read, analyze, then draft your explanation in language that your employees would understand).
Include an explanation of the current state of that issue/law (this is to help them understand what the future might hold).
A discussion on how your company will address that issue when/if the time comes.
GUIDELINES
Review the Grading Criteria (rubric) and this sample before proceeding. Watching the recorded explanation, relying on the rubric, and reviewing the sample memo provide everything needed to exceed expectations.
Double-spaced
Times New Roman (12) font
One-inch margins all around
1 to 2 pages required
A minimum of 2 credible and verifiable sources
Follow APA style (making sources “verifiable”)
Do NOT use any information from the internet
All information relied upon must be obtained through Westlaw or ProQuest Academic
Only primary authority and scholarly sources are “credible”
Submit the rough draft through the Safe Assign Originality Review and revise any matched content (complete sentences or more must be deleted and replaced with original work)
Proofread and make final edits based on the Grading Criteria
Save and upload/attach a DOC or PDF file
Papers with matched content to internet sources will earn a 0, with no opportunity for making it up