Assume the role of the HR Manager at Aunt Ellas Pie Company.
1. As the new HR Manager, discuss how you will determine if employees should be classifed as exempt or non-exmpet under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and how the classification
of employees will affect their work schedules and compensation.
2. Discuss the importance of creating an Employee Handbook for the pie company. Provide a general overview of the nature of employee handbooks including their benefits and legal implications. Given the legal environment of human resources management, what types of information are generally included and excluded in employee handbooks.
3. Describe the information about the FLSA that will be included in the employee handbook you are about to develop and discuss why this information will be included.
4. Describe the information about employee discrimination, equal
employment opportunity, and harassment that will be included
in the handbook, and discuss the importance of including such
information as they pertain to the legal environment.
5. Describe the information about compensation and employee benefits that you would include in the handbook within the context of various wage and hour and benefits laws. Describe documents other than the employee handbook you might use
to communicate wage and hour provisions and benefits regulations.
6. What information about employee health and safety would you
include in an employee handbook, and what other activities would you development and implement to ensure the pie company was compliant with prevailing health and safety laws? Include discussion on some industry-specific or job specific strategies you may include that are pertinent to Aunt Ellas Pie Company.
7. Discuss some recent social trends that will affect the management of human resources at the pie company, and the HR policies and practices you might consider as such trends
may also influence the enactment of employment laws in the near future.