In this project, you will demonstrate your mastery of the
following competency:
Analyze
laws, regulations, and policies applicable to various human resource
situations
Assess
organizational risk
Use
data to inform risk mitigation
Scenario
In your first project, you received a complaint from the
Department of Labor alleging that employees were not paid overtime properly.
You researched the complaint and the Department of Labor resources, and, based
on your investigation of pay data and your interview with a payroll
representative, you determined that the complaint was an ongoing issue for the
organization. In your investigations you also found that the employee handbook
did not provide the correct resources to prevent this type of complaint.
Now, your manager has come to you with concerns that there
are other areas in the handbook that have missing policies or are written in
error. This has resulted in an initiative to review and revise the entire
employee handbook to protect the company from risk in the future. You have been
asked to review certain sections of the handbook as a part of that initiative.
Directions
Begin this project by reviewing the Employee Handbook Sample
located in the Supporting Materials section for errors. You will use the
Department of Labor (DOL) website linked in the Supporting Materials section,
specifically the content related to fair labor standards, and additional
resources to verify that these are violations. For each of the four sections,
identify and record the policy errors using the Risk Audit Document found in
the What to Submit section. List your identified errors in order of most to
least risk to the company.
After your investigation is complete, write a detailed memo
to your manager that describes the policy violations you found and the risks
associated with the policy violations. Use good professional communication
skills in your manager memo.
Specifically, you must address the following rubric
criteria:
Handbook
Analysis
Policy
Errors: Identify any missing content or incorrect policy verbiage in
the employee handbook selections.
Policy
Risk Ranking: Identify the risks of each policy error in order of
risk level from highest to lowest.
Law
and Regulation Identification: Determine which DOL policy or policies
are being violated by any missing content or incorrect policy verbiage.
Manager
Memo
Handbook
Analysis Summary: Summarize the results of the handbook analysis
including any trends that can be identified from the written policy.
Risk
Ranking Rationale: Explain the risk ranking provided in the handbook
analysis. For each risk, specifically address the following:
Provide
a rationale for each risk ranking.
Describe
how each is a risk to the company.
Role
of Human Resources: Describe the role of HR in risk management (or
mitigation), providing specific examples to support your claims.
Risks
to the Company: Explain how failure to correct errors could
negatively affect the company.
