Course Title

Employee and Labor Relations

Course Description

This course builds on the Human Resources Concepts course and introduces students to topics in employment law with a focus on discrimination, harassment, EEOC, FMLA, OSHA standards, ADA, and FSLA. It also introduces students to the hiring process, performance evaluations, and termination procedures.

Contact

Gina Hubbard
(405) 743-5117
ghubb@okcareertech.org

Knowledge and Skills

• Legal Issues for HR and Management

Competency topics include: 

•  Benefits
•  Compensation
• Equal Employment Opportunity Compensation (EEOC)
• Ethics
• Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
• Harassment, Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs
• Safety
• Interviewing & Selection
• Labor Unions
• Legal Issues

Brainbench:

http://www.brainbench.com

Career Cluster Resources for Business, Management and Administration:

http://www.careerclusters.org/resources/ClusterDocuments/badocuments/BAFinal.pdf

Accountability Measures, Assessments, or Evaluation Procedures

Required Brainbench Certifications (or equivalent industry certifications):

• Legal Issues for HR and Management

Recommended Additional Brainbench Competency Testing:

• Human Resources Concepts
• Interpersonal Communications
• Business Concepts
• Office Management
• Managing People
• MS Access (any level)
• MS Outlook (any level)
• MS PowerPoint (any level)
• Computer Fundamentals
• Listening Skills
• Data Entry/10-key
• Filing (US)

Brainbench:

http://www.okcareertech.org/certify

Industry Alignments

Brainbench

Curriculum Resources

Weiss, Donald H.  Fair, Square, and Legal, 4^th Edition, American Management Association, 2007.  ISBN 0814408133.

Newstrom, John. W.  Supervision: Managing for Results, 9^th Edition, McGraw-Hill Publishing, 2007.  ISBN 978-0-07-354508-0.

Stovall, Steven Austin.  Cases in Human Resources Management, Atomic Dog Publishing, 2006.  ISBN 1-59260-169-3.

      ElementK Online Curriculum, U.S. Equity Partners, L.P., 2007.

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