BUSFIN 3500 Lecture 9: 9. Employment Law
29 Apr 2017
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Family and medical leave act (24+ hours week) 12 weeks unpaid medical leave for child; must give notice; men and women adoptions, foster, bad illness in family same position, pay, no penalization. Unemployment compensation federal law - state system: employers pay state wouldn"t get: fired for cause, not actively looking, quit. Worker"s compensation - state only used to deter suing huge system has to occur on job don"t like it: appeal to court system. Cobra can continue employer"s insurance after for full premium don"t get: fired for cause, insuring no one. 401k - employer matches what you put in; put in as much as you can as soon as you can!! Osha safety standards for workplace not apply to low risk (offices) You can quit whenever as you can be fired whenever. Limits to firing: contract, collective bargaining agreement (union contract with employer), check words in employment contract, public policy (military, jury duty) whistle blowing (tattling), discrimination, state laws.
