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usual employee benefits. 3. Determine whether Ms. Greene is an independent contractor or a part-time employee. Provide a rationale for your response. 4. Explain the reasoning supporting whether or not Ms. Greene should receive the same benefits as part-time employees. Suggested resources for this assignment:
Due Week 6 and worth 150 points The company mentioned herein is merely a hypothetical organization with characteristics developed to enable students to respond to the assignment. You may create and / or make all necessary assumptions needed for the completion of this assignment. After Good Grocers, Inc. expanded its organic produce section and adopted a buy local policy, sales increased. The Virginia-based chain expanded its retail locations from seven to twelve (7 to 12) over the last three (3) years. As the Assistant Human Resources Manager, your job is to advise store managers about legal and personnel matters. The leadership at Good Grocers, Inc. considers you to be a legally astute manager, who consults with the corporations attorney, as necessary. The corporations leadership has tasked you with managing two (2) situations have come across your desk. Please respond with support that is backed by the law. Write a three to four (3-4) page paper which addresses the two (2) situations from two (2) store managers. Last week, my produce manager reported the following incident: Last week, my bakery manager was short an employee over Mothers Day weekend when the bakery is always busy. To make up for being shorthanded, the bakery manager called in Ms. Greene, an independent contractor. Generally, Ms. Greene comes in on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday nights between 6 to 9 p.m. just to decorate cakes; she has her own bakery business. We furnish all of her equipment, and we pay her by the cake. Ms. Greene worked eight (8) hours on Saturday and another eight (8) hours on Sunday over Mothers Day weekend. We paid her $15.00 per hour. On the following Monday when Ms. Greene came in, she told me that she wanted to receive the same benefits as the other Good Grocers part-time employees, such as paid time off and employee discounts. Ms. Greene asserted that she really is a part-time employee who deserves the usual employee benefits. 3. Determine whether Ms. Greene is an independent contractor or a part-time employee. Provide a rationale for your response. 4. Explain the reasoning supporting whether or not Ms. Greene should receive the same benefits as part-time employees. Suggested resources for this assignment: Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements: The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:
