James is a 63 year old, white man, married for 40 years to his high school sweetheart with three (3) adult children and 10 grandchildren. James loves to travel to see his grandchildren as they live across the United States. James is a CCS with five (5) years of inpatient coding experience at a level 1 trauma center. His previous employers have good things to say about the quality of his work and his productivity levels. All indicate they would welcome him back but did have concerns about his numerous time off requests to visit his grandchildren.

Assess the scenario. Identify the labor law(s) that could apply if you hired James and the labor law(s) that could apply with supporting rationale.You include specific data to support your assessment Structure your response as follows: