For this assignment, you are to choose a legal issue surrounding personnel managers in the fire service, or an issue within the workforce of the twenty first century. These may include:
? Managing diversity
? The handling of EEOC and Affirmative Action and subsequent hiring procedures
? Developing a positive work environment
? Dispute resolution
? The effect of various statutes, executive orders, and laws upon the fire service
? Supreme Court decisions which affected the fire service
? Sexual Harassment in the workplace
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These are a few issues surrounding legal issues in the fire service and workforce issues of the twenty first century. If you
have a topic of choice that you would like to write about outside of the topics outlined above, consult your professor to
determine if it is a viable topic.
You should discuss your topic in a minimum three to four page “mini” research paper using appropriate APA style writing.
The minimum page count does not include the title or reference pages.
