Here is the scenario:
(An employee was terminated in the aftermath of a change of ownership at a company. The employee’s wife had breast cancer at the time, and he wanted to maintain health insurance coverage for the two of them. He asked at the office whether he would be able to continue An employee was terminated in the aftermath of a change of ownership at a company. The employee’s wife had breast cancer at the time, and he wanted to maintain health insurance coverage for the two of them. He asked at the office whether he would be able to continue An employee was terminated in the aftermath of a change of ownership at a company. The employee’s wife had breast cancer at the time, and he wanted to maintain health insurance coverage for the two of them. He asked at the office whether he would be able to continue An employee was terminated in the aftermath of a change of ownership at a company. The employee’s wife had breast cancer at the time, and he wanted to maintain health insurance coverage for the two of them. He asked at the office whether he would be able to continue coverage after his termination. On his last day of work, he was informed verbally that his health insurance would be continued. However, when his wife sought medical treatment about nine months later, she was told that she had no insurance coverage. Did this violate COBRA?)
The book i have for this class is sixth edition, EMPLOYMENT LAW FOR HUMAN RESOURCE PRACTICE.
Here are the instructions for the paper:
For the 8-12 page (not including the cover page or references) paper you will select a case or situation involving one or more of the topics we have studied this semester. You must base your paper around a real life case or scenario and not just a concept or topic of law. A good place to start to find your topic are the “clippings” boxes in the textbook that contain brief descriptions of cases or the “just the facts” boxes in the textbook that describe real life scenarios. You do not have to use the “clippings” or the “just the facts” sections but these are good places to start. A good place to start to find your topic are the “clippings” boxes in the textbook that contain brief descriptions of cases or the “just the facts” boxes in the textbook that describe real life scenarios. You are not allowed to use any of the longer case excerpts in the book nor any of the case choices for the case analysis as the purpose of the assignment is to research cases not fully discussed in the book to educate your fellow student about those cases.
You will need to research relevant information, such as the facts and the result of the case and the current laws that apply to the topic. You need to discuss the outcome of the case (if you can find it) and how current laws apply to your case and the larger legal topic. You will need to research how different companies are tackling this problem, discuss what these companies are doing and then analyze and explain what you think is the best solution and why.
Substantive Requirements: Provide the following information below. The bolded and underlined sections below must be used as the headings in your paper.
Introduction: Give an introduction to the problem (the employment law case or scenario you selected for your paper), provide a description of the problem and describe the larger employment law topic to which your case or scenario relates. You must base your paper around a real life case or scenario and not just a concept or topic of law.
Background/History – Describe the events/facts led to the case or scenario, what the result was, if you can find it, and provide a historical overview of the topic. Also describe the actual or possible resolution to the case/scenario.
Current Research/Law: Describe legal principles/law at issue and how those principles/law led to result in the case or relate to the case or scenario you chose. Make sure you explain how the law led to the result in the case and/or how the law would apply to lead to a resolution of the scenario.
Explanation of How This Topic is Related to Employment Law: Explain how this case or scenario is related to the larger topic of employment law. Please make sure to focus on the specific legal concepts we have studied in this class as related to the specific law/legal principles that are at issue in this your chosen case/scenario.
Suggestions to Prevent the Problem and/or Suggestions of Best Practices: Discuss the larger problem at hand in the case or scenario. Research best practices related to the larger problem at hand. Based on this research and any suggestions you have to prevent problems, describe best practices and potential policies or procedures an employer could have put in place to prevent the problem. Discuss whether the employee should have done things differently to fix the problem or prevent the problem from happening in the first place. Make sure to research and include how different companies are resolving or preventing similar issues.
How these issues impact your role as a potential HR professional: Discuss how the overall issue/case/scenario and subsequent events would impact your role as a potential HR professional and/or the HR department. What policies, procedures and trainings would you put in place to prevent a similar problem from happening in the future? If you know what specific role you plan to hold in a HR department, feel free to include examples that relate to your role.
Discussion Questions for Other Students: At least two questions that lead to further discussion on the case, the legal concepts, or best practices that were discussed in the paper must be posed. These questions should give other students a prompt on which to base their discussion posts.
Any additional thoughts or conclusions.
Technical Requirements:
This paper should follow APA guidelines. Make sure to cite sources. Simply listing your sources at the end of your paper is insufficient; cite your sources within your paper as appropriate
Your paper should be double spaced, with 12 inch font, with 1 inch margins.
Use Arial, Times New Roman, or Calibria fonts only
A minimum of 3 academic or reputable newspaper references in addition to the textbook must be used. Be aware that most internet websites such as Wikipedia do not count as academic references or reputable references.
Spelling and grammar count so please take time to proofread and correct your paper.
Your paper must be posted in .doc or .docx or pdf format.