15 Case, “The Broken Employment Contract?”, on pp. 50–53 1. Did Wayne have an employment contract, either oral or written, with EcoCare? Why or why not? Yes, Wayne did have an employment contract with EcoCare that is considered oral. According to Wayne, during his interview Bell stated, “As long as he did his job, he could stay with the company until he reached retirement age.” You know this is an oral contract because it proves four elements: an offer, consideration, acceptance, and mutuality. There was an offer given to Wayne to work at the company until he is at retirement age. Consideration means something was offered in exchange for the specified action, meaning Wayne was offered to stay until retirement only if he did his job. …show more content…
Yes, Wayne was terminated for “just cause”. Just cause termination is when there is misconduct of an employee or some other event relevant to the employee, which justifies the immediate termination of the employment contract. There were many complaints of Wayne’s management of the car program as well as the many conflicts with other employees. Bell then had a meeting with Wayne to discuss these issues, Wayne refused to give satisfactory answers, and Bell asked for his immediate resignation the next day. These are all justified reason for just cause termination. 5. How can companies protect themselves against a claim of wrongful discharge? To protect companies for wrongful discharge claims they must do so in a professional and respectful manner. Companies must be sure the employee understand they are being asked to resign and why. For instance, stating the detailed reasons about what the employee did wrong and how long the inappropriate behaviors happened. Insure that the reasons for termination were all in accordance with the supervisory manual made and provided by companies. 51 Case, “Career Development at Electronic Applications,” on pp. 157 &158 1. Describe the nature and causes of the problem faced by Harold Sweeney. Harold Sweeney has been given the position of director of Human Resource at Electric Applications. He has realized the need to assess the situation of high turnover, especially in the area of electrical engineers who work in
Most time, acceptance would be made in clear and loud matters, such as saying “Yes, I accept.” But silence would constitute acceptance of an offer where the common-law and statutory law allows. Supreme Court of Nebraska has confirmed in Joseph Heiting and Sons v. Jacks Bean Co that acceptance may be established by silence or inaction of an offeree and acceptance occurs when the buyer/offeree “does any act inconsistent with the seller/offeror’s ownership...” Neb. U.C.C. section 2-606(1)(c). In Joseph Heiting and Sons v. Jacks Bean Co, 463 N.W.2d 817, 236 Neb. 765 (Neb.,1990), Heiting (Plaintiff) offered to sell its beans at the posted price on September 30, 1987, but was never informed of acceptance or rejection of the offer. Heiting and Jacks
After the manager has discussed with the employee the reason for termination it is important to allow the employee to express his/her feelings. During this time the employee is allowed to say something in his/her defense. Also allows the employee to vent frustration about the termination. This will lessen the likelihood that employee will try some sort of retaliation. Additionally, is there was some misunderstanding on either the manager or the employees part this would be the time to clear it up.
The company has the right to terminate an employee as long as the termination does not discriminate or
There are many employment laws out there but ill discuss about three of them and what are the consequences if the company did not comply. The employment laws I will discuss are the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act 1964, Americans with Disabilities Act 1990, and the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act. My next topic would be how an organization might structure their policies, practices and culture to ensure compliance.
Wrongful Termination (a.k.a. Wrongful Dismissal) is a legal phrase that refers to any situation in which a worker’s employment is ended by the employer (terminated) in breach of contractual terms of employment, or due to any of the following: discrimination, retaliation, an employee’s refusal to be involved in illegal activity, or an employer’s
In a wrongful termination case, the terminated employee must prove more than having been treated unfairly, s/he must be able to prove one or more of his/her legal rights were violated” (Wrongful Termination Website, 2011). Employees in many states are at a disadvantage, possessing few rights, because of the employment at will rule, meaning employers can fire employees at any time and for no reason at all, just like employees can quit any time and for any reason. This makes the definition of wrongful termination extremely narrow.
Message 1: In regards to the situation at our Anderson location where the GM terminated two employees without providing a reason for discharge, the company may be at risk for a wrongful termination discharge lawsuit. The risk will increase if the GM is not able to provide sufficient documentation or other evidence of the appropriate reason for his decision. The GM choose to exercise
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ensures that people are not discriminated against in the work place for things such as their race, gender, disability, age, religion, or color. EEOC also protect people that have filed a complaint. You cannot be terminated because you have filed a complaint or a lawsuit (“About the EEOC:Overview, n.d.). Www.eeoc.gov provides information for any situation pertaining to employment. Their services may be needed because of being fired, denied employment, or denial of a promotion. Whatever the need, EEOC have laws to protect those in the labor force.
A wrongful discharge case is a major exception to at-will employment. There is a Common Law of the exceptions to a wrongful discharge case to At-Will Doctrine includes terminations that violate state policy. It also includes termination after the creation of an implied contract of employment. Furthermore, termination of service in violation of an implied covenant involves good faith and fair dealing. Moreover, unlawful termination includes termination that violates federal, local, or local laws to combat discrimination.
Facts of the case: Imagine you are an HR manager and your boss and owner of the company, Bill, comes to you suspecting his assistant, Paige, is stealing money from the company. Bill would like a polygraph test conducted to see if Paige is stealing from the company. He would also like you to conduct electronic surveillance on Paige’s work e-mail for anything suspicious.
The issue of retaliatory discharge is common in the labor law area. These claims are made by disgruntled former employees whom feel as if they were in justly terminated from their previous job. However, the power of authority is sometimes abuse by those in their position. If someone’s believes they have been wrongly terminated they must be able to defend their claim with the following minutes of pertinent meeting, any written reports, typed, or handwritten, personal file and other portent information which will defend their claim. Having fellow employees and supervisors and their departmental policies and procedures. An employment disclaimer does not give the employer the right to terminated at will. The California Supreme Court prohibits their
Wrongful dismissal is the term used at common law to denote the situation in which an employee is dismissed by an employer in breach of contract. It occurs most commonly in summery dismissal, namely, without any notice whatsoever. This is justifiable in the case of Laws v London Chronicle (indicator Newspapers) Ltd (1959), stating that “…Whether the conduct complained of is such as to show the servant to have disregarded the essential conditions of the contract of service…”
The above arbitration clause extracted from the Google Inc. Employment Contract can be used in the relationship between a university and a student athlete in the terms of the forms of conflicts and disputes that, if occurring, would be settled by arbitration.
When a wrongful termination happens to an employee especially during the probation period, then it became a stain in their history record in GOSI –General Organization of Social Insurance- in Saudi Arabia.
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