Choose ONE of the TWO options below for discussion. (Each option has multiple parts so be sure to answer ALL parts of whichever option you select.) Be sure to elaborate and explain your response. These are complex cases and can’t be addressed in just a few sentences. Please use APA formatting for your scholarly citations and references (which are required). Start with the text and don’t use attorney advertising, Wikipedia, Investopedia or Small Business Chronicle type websites as those are not scholarly and are frequently inaccurate. If you want to read the full cases the citations and links are provided below.
(The APA for the text has been provided in the classroom.)
OPTION 1.
Answer questions below about: (1) EEOC & (2) The Waffle House case & (3) Arbitration agreements & (4) personal experience.
Waffles and Workers’ Rights (EEOC v. Waffle House, p. 81)
For full case click: EEOC v. Waffle House, 534 US 279 (2002)
Or look up: EEOC v.Waffle House, Inc., 534 U.S. 279 (2002)
Read about arbitration law in Chapter 4 and Case 4-3 in your textbook, and do some online research on the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). Then discuss the following:
A) What is the EEOC’s role in regard to business?
B) Does the court say that the EEOC trumps the arbitration contract between the employee and the employer? If so, why (Discuss the Waffle House case)?
C) What are the pros and cons of arbitration agreements?
D) Do you think arbitration agreements between big companies and low wage earners who are uninformed about the law are truly fair under the law?
E) If you have any experiences at work with discrimination policies or EEOC trainings, share those experiences.
OR
OPTION 2.
Discuss: (1) Hagen v. Field & (2) Jones v. Williams & (3) Jurisdiction & (4) Was the ruling in each case correct under the law?
Dogs and Dream Therapists (Hagen v. Field, pp. 66 (question 7), and Jones v. Williams, p. 43 (question 9)
Hagen v. Field
For full case click: Hagen v. Field
Or look up: http://www.texaslaw.com/cases.php?case=21
Jones v. Williams
For full case click: Jones v. Williams
Or look up: https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/2296577/jones-v-williams/?
A) Read both cases and discuss legal issues for the court, focusing on each case separately.
B) Summarize what factors the court looks at in determining where a case can be brought (jurisdiction).
C) What was the decision in each case, and do you think the decision was correct under the law? Why or why not?
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