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Hr 420 Unit 5 Assignment Paying Contractors

Assignment: Paying Contractors

You have read about and practiced with The Fair Labor Standards Act prior to this Assignment. If need be, return to the Learning Activities area and review this practice activity in preparation for this Assignment in which you will apply your knowledge.
Scenario:
Your best friend based in Chicago just opened a virtual training company GTEX Corp. (Global Training Exemplar) with his partner in London, which trains employees in companies around the world. You graduated from Kaplan with an MBA with an emphasis in Human Resources. Your friend hires you as a consultant to advise him in the hiring of five new trainers with their MBAs and four junior support staff (15 and 16 years of age). The junior staff will be charged with the e-marketing, visual presentations and administrative work while the new MBAs will help with training staff. The GTEX budget is limited so that is why they want to hire or contract with new MBAs and junior staff.
Listen to the message about the new company your friend is starting(view transcript in Doc Sharing).
Based on your readings from Chapter 12 of the textbook, the audio message provided, and from the websites listed below, develop a minimum of nine slides (APA formatted) in a Microsoft PowerPoint® presentation that addresses the following questions:
1.	How should GTEX classify the MBAs and junior staff, as exempt or non-exempt employees? Explain your reasoning for the classification.
2.	Recommend steps for employer compliance with The Fair Labor Standards Act.
Your presentation should include:
•	A title slide,
•	An introduction slide
•	A conclusion/summary slide
•	Reference slide
•	At least 35 words minimum (APA formatted) explanation in the “Note” section of each slide expanding on the bullet comments in the slide, starting from your introduction through the conclusion/summary slides.
For information on classification of employees visit the U.S. Department of Labor website athttp://www.dol.gov/elaws/esa/flsa/screen75.asp
For information on employment of youth visit the United States Department of Labor website athttp://www.dol.gov/dol/topic/youthlabor/agerequirements.htm and read the “Youth & Labor” page.
Disclaimer: The organization and characters depicted in this exercise are fictional. Any resemblance to real organizations or individuals is purely coincidental