Fastserve, Inc.

FastServe Inc. regarding legal issues in reduction of the company's workforce. This paper will address the important issues in understanding and avoiding the risks of discrimination claims against the FastServe Corporation by: 1) discussing what role length of service plays in making decisions for a reduction- in -force, 2) reviewing the extent to which management should consider gender, race, age and other protected class designations when making reduction- in - force decisions, 3) explaining the role ethics play in decision making and 4) recommending employment policies for FastServe Inc. Under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 employment practices must comply with federal and state anti-discrimination legislation (Harshman & Rudin, 2000).

Legal Issues in Reduction of Workforce.

Risk management is the most important part of any organization to face the risks that might arise when a new project started. It should be a first concern when the decision is being made. Risk management is the practice of looking at the exposure to risk and deciding how to best handle that exposure. The idea behind risk management is to decide if the benefit outweighs the risk. This process will help you to identify risks that might normally be overlooked so when things come up, they do not surprise you by having a plan in place on how to solve them.

Risk management would help to identify and then manage threats that could severely impact or bring down the organization. "This could be done by reviewing operations of the organiza...