The assignment will include either an analysis of a short case scenario, answering a question based on the reading for that week, or an analysis of an assigned case study. Submissions should demonstrate a thorough understanding of the course material being covered that week.

This is the main point of the chapters this week:

The Hiring Process
Job Descriptions
Advertising the Opening
Applications
Interviews
Background Checks and Consumer Reports
Pre-Employment Testing
Employment Offers
Medical Exams
New-Employee Procedures
Fraud and Misrepresentation in Hiring
Interference with Contractual Relations
Negligent Employment

Evaluations, Work
Rules, and Discipline
Reasons for Evaluating
Legal Considerations
Employee Handbooks
Dress Codes
Personnel Files
Required Posters
Corporate Ethics and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act
Disciplinary Actions

Unemployment Insurance
Employer Contributions
Coverage and Eligibility
Misconduct and Quitting for Cause
Claim Procedure
Benefits