Research legal cases on employment-at-will employees ( regular employees ) and independent contractors using online law libraries of your choice . Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper , written in the third person voice , and address the following questions :
· How would you characterize the employment relationship of the salespeople and Pharmmedix ?
· Identify and describe the specific issues the salespeople believe make them companyemployees in the workplace . What elements of law are important for the salespeople to consider in advancing their case ?
· Evaluate the actions of Pharmmedix in this situation . What could have Pharmmedix done to prevent the situation and what more could the company do to ensure that this type of situation would not occur in the future ?
· What are the broader implications of this situation for Pharmmedix ? What consequences can occur to Pharmmedix ?
· What resolution to this situation might the Human Resource
Director suggest ? Include justification for your responses by citing a minimum of two laws and a minimum of two legal cases in your discussion . Relate the legal cases you select to the issues presented in the case scenario . Consider issues such as corporate culture , traditional ways of employing pharmaceutical representatives in the industry , the IRS 20 Factor Test , employment contracts , and any strategic steps that should be addressed in your responses . Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines . Use headings to appropriately signal the topics and keep your document organized . Include a minimum of two in-text citation sources within the paper , in addition to the two laws and two legal cases required above , and identify them in your APA correctly formatted References page . ----------------------------------------------------------------------------