The document discusses three main business relationships: employer-employee, principal-agent, and employer-independent contractor. For employer-employee relationships, the employer can hire and fire employees and direct their tasks, while employees are entitled to minimum wage, overtime pay, and other protections. Principal-agent relationships involve an agent representing and acting on behalf of the principal, such as a sports agent negotiating for an athlete. Employer-independent contractor relationships mean a worker runs their own independent business and retains control over their schedule and jobs, like a hair stylist renting a salon chair.

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2. I am not a lawyer
• I am a high school teacher trying to introduce
employee relations to teenagers.
• If you discover anything dreadfully wrong
here, kindly send me a note.
• Thanks.
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3. Business Relationships
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(about 75 quick slides)

4. Business Relationships
1. Master-Servant (“Employer-Employee”)
2. Principal-Agent
3. Employer-Independent Contractor
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5. Business Relationships
1. Master-Servant (“Employer-Employee”)
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6. Master-Servant
Business Relationship
The old-fashioned name
for the
Employer-Employee
business relationship.
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7. Employer-Employee
Relationship
Employer: the owner
or boss.
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8. Employer-
Employee
Relationship
Employer:
can hire
and fire.
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9. Employer-Employee Relationship
Employer cannot
fire an employee
because of
• Race
• Color
• Religion
• Gender
• National origin
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10. Employer-Employee Relationship
Employer cannot fire an
employee who exercises
their rights, such as
• filing a discrimination
complaint with a
governmental agency
• filing for worker's
compensation benefits
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11. Employer-Employee Relationship
Employer can fire an
employee for:
• misappropriating funds
• being unfaithful to his or
her employer's interests
• refusing to perform legal
services that were agreed
upon
• being habitually late or
absent
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12. Employer-Employee Relationship
Employee: anyone
who works for
someone else,
with or without
pay.
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13. Employer-Employee Relationship
Employee: Tasks
are performed
under the
direction and
control of the
employer.
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14. Employer-Employee Relationship
Employee: no
authority to
act in his or
her employer's
place or
outside their
authority (an
employee is
not like an
agent).
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15. Employer-Employee Relationship
An employee
has the
obligation to be
honest and
faithful in the
performance of
duties.
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16. Employer-Employee Relationship
An employee
cannot be
required to
perform illegal
tasks such as
committing
perjury or
handling stolen
property.
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17. Employer-Employee Relationship
By Federal and
state law, an
employee is
entitled to:
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18. Employer-Employee Relationship
By Federal and
state law, an
employee is
entitled to:
• minimum wages
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19. Employer-Employee Relationship
By Federal and
state law, an
employee is
entitled to:
• minimum wages
• maximum hours
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20. Employer-Employee Relationship
By Federal and
state law, an
employee is
entitled to:
• minimum wages
• maximum hours
• overtime pay
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21. Employer-Employee Relationship
By Federal and
state law, an
employee is
entitled to:
• minimum wages
• maximum hours
• overtime pay
• time off for
religious
observances
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22. Employer-Employee Relationship
By Federal and
state law, an
employee is
entitled to:
• minimum wages
• maximum hours
• overtime pay
• time off for
religious
observances
• a safe work
environment
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23. Special laws affect employees under
18 years old…
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24. Information about employee law for
people under 18:
www.YouthRules.DOL.gov
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25. Employees under 18 years old
must have a work permit
(including minors employed by parents)
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26. Employees under 18 years old
must have a work permit
(including minors employed by parents)
Get a work permit
from the counseling office
at Florin High School
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27. Work permits are required year-round.
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28. Employees under 18 years old
must meet mandatory
school attendance laws.
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29. No school
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No work

30. Work permits must be…
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31. Work permits must be…
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renewed

32. Work permits must be renewed
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at the start of each
new school year

33. Work permits must be renewed
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at the start of each
new school year and

34. Work permits must be renewed
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at the start of each
new school year
at the time the minor
obtains a new job.and

35. Work permits are not required for
employees under 18 engaged in the
following types of employment:
• Occasional odd jobs at a private home.
• Self-employment.
• Agricultural or domestic work on property owned,
operated or controlled by the minor’s parents.
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36. Employees under 18—Wages
If an employee reports to
work but is not given any
work and sent home,
he/she must be paid a
minimum of two (2) hours
work.
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37. Employees under 18—Wages
If an employee is asked not to
clock in, he/she is free to leave.
He/she cannot be required to
wait without being paid.
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38. Uniforms for employees under 18
When uniforms are required by the employer,
uniforms must be provided by the employer.
Uniforms include
apparel and/or
accessories of
distinctive color or
design (i.e., company
name imprinted on
hat, shirt, etc.).
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39. Hours Minors Allowed To Work
Ages 14-15
School in Session
3 hours maximum per day, M-F
8 hours maximum per day, Sat & Sun
18 hours total per week
7:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m., any day of week
Off-Track
8 hours maximum daily, any day of week
40 hours total per week
7:00 a.m. – 9:00 p.m., Memorial Day to Labor Day
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40. Hours Minors Allowed To Work
Ages 16-17
School in Session
4 hours maximum per day, M – Th
8 hours maximum per day, Fri – Sun
20 hours total per week
5:00 a.m. – 10:00 p.m.
5:00 a.m. – 12:30 a.m. (if no school next day)
Off-Track
8 hours maximum daily, any day of week
48 hours total per week
5:00 a.m. – 12:30 a.m., any day of week
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41. Minors under 16 are prohibited by the state and
federal law to work in these areas:
• In the area of moving machinery or equipment
• Selling or serving alcoholic beverages
• Building or construction work of any kind
• Delivering goods from or operating any motor
vehicle
• Pool or billiard room
• In the area of explosives
• Selling to passing motorists, e.g., newspapers,
candy, flowers, etc.
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42. Minors under 18 are prohibited by the state and
federal law to work in the following areas:
• Explosives
• Motor vehicle driving
• Mining
• Logging and sawmilling
• Power-driven woodworking machines
• Radiation exposure
• Power-driven hoists/forklifts
• Power-driven metal forming, punching, and
shearing machines
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43. Minors under 18 are prohibited by the state and
federal law to work in the following areas:
• Power-driven meat slicing/processing machines
and meat slaughtering
• Power baking machines
• Power-driven paper products/paper-baling
machines
• Manufacturing brick, tile products
• Power saws and shears
• Wrecking, demolition
• Roofing
• Excavation operation
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44. Business Relationships
1. Master-Servant (“Employer-Employee”)
2. Principal-Agent
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45. Business Relationships
2. Principal-Agent
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46. Business Relationships
2. Principal-Agent
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47. Business Relationships
2. Principal-Agent
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This is like having
a lawyer work for
you.

48. Business Relationships
2. Principal-Agent
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You are the
“principal”
Your lawyer is the
“agent”
Agent Principal

49. Business Relationships
2. Principal-Agent
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The agent works
for the principal.
Agent Principal

50. Business Relationships
2. Principal-Agent
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The agent
represents,
advises, and often
speaks for the
principal.
Agent Principal

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2. Principal-Agent
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“I will let my
agent speak
for me.”
Agent
Principal

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2. Principal-Agent
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“I will let my
agent speak
for me.”
Agent
Principal

53. Business Relationships
2. Principal-Agent
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A sports agent
may speak for his
principal.

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2. Principal-Agent
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A sports agent
may negotiate for
his principal.

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2. Principal-Agent
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A sports agent
may schedule
appearances for
his principal.

56. Business Relationships
2. Principal-Agent
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A real estate
agent might
negotiate a
price for their
principal.
“We will let
our agent
speak for us.”

57. Business Relationships
2. Principal-Agent
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A musician's
agent might
rent an
auditorium for
their principal.
“I will let my agent
negotiate the price of
the auditorium for me.”

58. Business Relationships
2. Principal-Agent
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Careful!
A life insurance
agent represents
the life insurance
company, not you.

59. Business Relationships
2. Principal-Agent
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If a principal
thinks their agent
is not doing a
good job, they can
fire their agent.

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2. Principal-Agent
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The principal must
trust the agent.

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2. Principal-Agent
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If the agent tells
others that the
principal will rent
the auditorium for
$3000, the
principal cannot
rescind the deal.

62. Business Relationships
2. Principal-Agent
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The agent has a
fiduciary duty to
the principal. Agent Principal

63. Business Relationships
1. Master-Servant (“Employer-Employee”)
2. Principal-Agent
3. Employer-Independent Contractor
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64. Business Relationships
1. Master-Servant (“Employer-Employee”)
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65. Business Relationships
1. Master-Servant (“Employer-Employee”)
2. Principal-Agent
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Agent Principal

66. Business Relationships
1. Master-Servant (“Employer-Employee”)
2. Principal-Agent
3. Employer-Independent Contractor
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67. Business Relationships
1. Master-Servant (“Employer-Employee”)
2. Principal-Agent
3. Employer-Independent Contractor
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68. Business Relationships
3. Employer-Independent Contractor
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A “Mary Kay”
representative is
not an employee
of the “Mary Kay”
company.

69. Business Relationships
3. Employer-Independent Contractor
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Each “Mary Kay”
representative is an
independent contractor
running their own
business.

70. Employee or Independent Contractor?
Independent contractors retain control over:
• their schedule
• number of hours worked
• jobs accepted
• performance of their job
Employees don’t
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71. Employer-Independent Contractor
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72. Employer-Independent Contractor
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Most hair stylists
are not employees
of the salon. They
pay rent to use the
chair. They are
independent
contractors.

73. Employer-Independent Contractor
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A lawyer might hire
the same private
investigator many
many times, but the
private investigator is
not an employee of
the lawyer. She is an independent contractor.

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A small college might hire a
gardener to maintain the
campus, but that doesn’t
mean the gardener is an
employee of the college.

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Independent Contractor

76. Business Relationships
1. Master-Servant (“Employer-Employee”)
2. Principal-Agent
3. Employer-Independent Contractor
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