BUS 415 Week 5

Business Entities, Laws, and Regulations Paper

Restaurant/Bar: Lou and Jose plan to open a sports bar and restaurant where customers socialize and watch sporting events on large-screen TVs that hang around the bar. They do not have much money, but they do have Miriam, a wealthy investor who does not have time to participate in the business, but wants to provide capital to start the business in return for a percentage ownership.

Extermination Business: Frank is a wealthy investor who plans to open a chain of exterminating businesses across the United States.

Professional Practice: Akiva and Tara have just completed all educational and experiential requirements to be licensed as obstetricians. They want to open a birth clinic together. They will take out a large loan to finance start-up costs.

Construction Scenario: Mei-Lin is the hiring manager for Surebuild, Inc., a new construction company. She has advertised a position as a jackhammer operator. The positions description states that the successful applicant must have a high school diploma. The following people apply for the position: Michelle, 35, who appears to be pregnant, is a high school graduate, and was formerly employed as a jackhammer operator; Eric, 55, who is experienced with a jackhammer, but has no high school diploma; Felipe, who is 38, speaks no English, has no high school diploma, but is experienced with a jackhammer; and Nick, 23, a college graduate who is epileptic, and has no experience with a jackhammer.

Write a 750- to 1000 -word paper, discussing one of the above businesses and the Construction scenario.

For the business, pick and discuss a business entity that represents the best choice for the business (sole proprietorship, partnership, limited liability partnership, or corporation), discuss laws and regulations the business entity must consider in starting the business, discuss the management style of the business entity, and discuss the liability of the business entity.

For the construction scenario, discuss and identify employment laws and regulations for which the business must comply in making a decision for each applicant.

Week 5 DQ 1

What is the chronological order of the major legislation that makes up the history of employment laWeekin this country? For each law, state the social problem the laWeekwas designed to address, and discuss hoWeekemployment laWeekhas affected the workplace in the last two decades.

Week 5 DQ 2

Your employee, Tom Smith, believes women are treated as inferiors in the department where he works. He has complained to his supervisor, Doug Greer, who is also your employee, and to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Greer has responded by reducing Smith's salary and opportunities for overtime. Does Smith have a case against your company? If so, describe his cause of action and what he must prove to recover.