Suppose that you are the HR manager for a company. Following a string of expensive law suits with former employees your boss asks you to prepare a memo articulating whether or not your company should add a new policy in all employment agreements and employee handbooks which makes arbitration mandatory for any disputes arising out of employment with your company. Your boss is interested in reducing both the cost and public visibility of employment disputes but she is also concerned about any legal problems with executoryarbitration including precedents as well as any negative PR that might come out of such a move. Draft said memo thoroughly discussing the options and their implications. Be sure to address at minimum the following:
1. What are the advantages and disadvantages of arbitration as compared withthe status quoof litigation? Are there any other alternatives worth considering?
2. Is executory arbitrationlegal? Are there any circumstances under which such an agreement might not be enforceable?
3. Even if it is legal how are such agreements viewed generally? Are they perceived as fair among the general public? Are there any potential repercussions in that respect worth considering?
4. What are the implications concerning arbitration in terms of precedent and privacy? Do arbitration decisions create legal precedent? If so can employeesdiscloseinformation discussed in arbitration hearings to other parties without the company’s consent such that it may beused in subsequent disputes?
Submission Instructions:
This assignment should at a minimum contain 1000 words of content (there are four parts so this is ~250 words each) and should be in APA format including a properly formatted cover page (abstracts are optional) and a reference page with at least three (3) NEW references (new here means references that you have not already used in previous assignments in this course). Providing additional references to your assignments demonstrate your desire to conduct additional research on the topic area and can improve your research skills.