NWCCD 2020-21 Catalog 
    
    Apr 25, 2024  
NWCCD 2020-21 Catalog [This is an Archived Catalog.]

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FSHM 2550 - Employment Law


This course provides the most thorough and current information on hospitality law available. Legal subjects are simplified by the use of non-technical terms and illustrations of case examples. Students learn how to use law as a management tool and how to develop management strategies to prevent expensive legal problems.

Credits: 3

Minimum Student Competencies
Upon completion of (FSHM 2550 Employment Law) , the student will:

  1. Identify the following terms common law, civil law, operations law, and civil rights
  2. Identify the elements necessary in the formation of a contract
  3. List the rules of comparative negligence and label the two types of comparative negligence
  4. Illustrate the doctrine of resipsa loguitur
  5. Outline the limits of void, avoidable, and unenforceable contracts
  6. Demonstrate in writing why statutes of limitations have been exacted
  7. Identify the concept of contributory negligence
  8. Analyze what is meant by a bona fide occupational qualification
  9. Analyze and briefly describe the primary requirements of the OSHA Hazard Communication Standard
  10. Outline the major items that should be included in a written contract between a hotel and its convention or group travel clients
  11. Compare a hotel’s affirmative duty not to allow unregistered and unauthorized third parties access to guest rooms
  12. Interpret “right-to-work” laws
  13. Explain the conditions under which a hotel can rightfully evict guests or restaurant and bar patrons
  14. Discuss truth-in-menu laws
  15. Illustrate the hotel’s liability for guest injuries suffered in the hotel’s recreational facilities




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