A four-session high school unit on the laws that govern a first job — taught so that you do not have to know any law to run it.

Tasha Reynolds, 19, starts as a dispatch coordinator at Bridgeport Logistics. Over one year she runs into an at-will firing that may not be legal, a promotion decided for the wrong reason, a 46-hour week paid at straight time, and a coworker labeled a contractor who is plainly an employee. Your student works every case, cites the rule that decides it, and finishes by auditing a real-looking employee handbook for six illegal policies.

Each reading states its rule before the case that tests it, so the page does the teaching. The answer key explains why every answer is right, not just what it is — so you can talk through a wrong answer without having studied employment law yourself.

WHAT'S INCLUDED

Federal law is taught as the floor, with a prompt to compare your own state’s rules — which makes a good extension. Figures current as of September 2026. All names and scenarios are fictional. Educational material, not legal advice.

Written by a licensed K-12 business teacher with more than thirteen years in the classroom. Built to be taught by a parent with no background in the subject.