+1 862 207 3288 Assignment
Issue Your CEO recently attended a meeting where a colleague indicated they were being investigated by the WHD for issues related to FSLA violations. Your boss asked what issues are most likely to cause an investigation and what areas should be audited to reduce the possibility of a DOL investigation of our establishment. To provide an informed response you decided to review recent judgments by the DOL in the past year.
Assignment Commentary
In this challenge you will learn how to use the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) and Wage and Hour Division (WHD) or the Department of Labor (DOL) as well as the WorldatWork web sites to support an organizational issue related to compensation philosophy. In this assignment you will demonstrate skill in identifying and using credible and reliable sources of information.
Web Search Directions
Go to the Department of Labor web site and review the information available within the site under agencies.
Link to the DOL web site http://www.dol.gov/#
Link to Wage and Hour Division http://www.dol.gov/whd/
Link to Bureau of Labor Statistics web site http://www.bls.gov/
Be sure to check out the following:
National Compensation Survey http://www.bls.gov/ncs/
Employer Cost for Employee Compensation http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/ecec.pdf
Employee Benefits in the United States http://www.bls.gov/ncs/ebs/sp/ebnr0020.pdf
National Compensation Survey – wages http://www.bls.gov/ncs/ocs/compub.htm#TX
Austin-Round Rock, Texas http://www.bls.gov/ncs/ocs/sp/ncbl1351.pdf
Go to the WorldatWork web site and review the information available within the site.
Link to WorldatWork web site http://www.worldatwork.org/home/html/home.jsp
Assignment Response, provide a written response to the following:
Essay (40% of grade)
Explain why a total reward approach to benefit program and compensation design is strategically important to employers. What are some of the considerations in total reward design related to the FLSA? Inform your response with information from the required readings (Mathis, Jackson, & Valentine, 2014) and at least one other source. Paraphrase only, no direct quotes. Properly cite and reference in APA all sources of information. This response should be 400 to 500 words in length (1 1/4 to 1 1/2 pages of text).
Resources (35% of grade)
Investigate the WHD, BLS, and WorldatWork web sites and identify a total of five resources (at least one from each web site) that you believe would provide you with skill development as an HRM professional (or supervisor/manager) or completion of tasks related to compensation design or benefit design. Provide a brief summary of each resource as well as a link to the resource, correct APA citation, and references. This response should be 50 to 100 words in length per resource (4 to 8 lines of text).
Written Requirements (25% of grade – 10% layout and 15% APA)
Your response to this assignment should include a title page, body of the paper, and reference page. The essay and resources should be addressed separately and should include separate headings. The text should be Times New Roman, black, 12 point font. One inch margins all around. No direct quotes, paraphrase in your own words. Your response should be within the designated word count range. Your assignment should be uploaded by the midnight of the due date.
Your assignment should be uploaded as a word document in the assignment folder.
