Pad4603 Administerative Law Research Paper

You have recently been employed with a Florida state agency as an assistant in the human resources department. Your boss comes to you and explains that several department directors, who are considered “excluded career service employees,” have sent an inter-office memorandum to the governor threatening a class-action lawsuit. The memorandum indicates that the directors have been required to regularly work more than 40-hours a week, and because they are excluded career service employees, they are not subject to receiving overtime. They further indicate that they believe that there is a Florida Administrative Code that speaks to this very issue, which authorizes compensation in the form of compensatory leave (comp time) as opposed to overtime compensation if they work more than 40-hours a week. However, they have not been given any compensatory leave for voluminous amounts of time worked over their 40-hour workweek for the last several years.

Your boss then instructs you to research the issue and prepare a research paper addressing the following issues:

1) Are the directors’ complaints about not receiving compensatory time valid? Be specific as to why or why not.

2) If the complaints are valid, what Florida Administrative code addresses the issue? Explain in detail how it does or does not apply.

3) What should the agency be doing in the future to comply with the Florida Administrative code?

4) If the directors’ complaints are valid, what should the agency do to make things “right” to avoid litigation?

The paper must be double-spaced, paginated, have one inch margins, and be in Times New Roman 12-point font. The form and style of the paper must follow the Seventh Edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA). Papers shall include: 1) Cover Page 2) Table of Contents 3) Abstract 4) Body of the Paper (analysis), to include a proper introduction and conclusion 5) Reference page. Be sure to spell check all written material. Please save the document in Microsoft Office Word format. The paper must be submitted in MyCourses Learning software (drop box), not via email. Please remember, the paper must have at least 3 FULL pages of analysis (body of the paper). Failure to have at least 3 FULL pages of analysis will result in a grade that is not passing (partial pages do not count as a full page). All other sections of the paper do not count toward the length requirement.

HELPFUL HINTS: Make sure you read all instructions for the paper carefully. Also, you need to review all APA guidelines I have attached in the course under the Course Resources tab. Additionally, if your are analyzing and speaking about a particular statute or code, either state or federal, it needs to be cited in the reference page according to https://library.csustan.edu/apalegal or some other legal citing reference. If you simply cite the source, such as (EPA, 2012) when talking about a specific act, statute, or code in your reference page, you will have points deducted. The reference should look something like this: Environmental Protection Agency, 18 U.S.C. § 2258 (2012).

Finally, DO NOT WAIT until the last day to turn your paper in. Historically, papers submitted on the due date receive poor grades because these issues take time to properly research. Therefore, start working on your papers NOW.

Resources to assist with the proper citing of legal material:

1) https://www.law.cornell.edu/citation/

2) https://law.resource.org/pub/us/code/blue/IndigoBook.html#R3

3) https://casetext.com/rule/florida-court-rules/florida-rules-of-appellate-procedure/rule-9800-uniform-citation-system