The Legal Environment of Business: Text and Cases (MindTap Course List)
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Author: Frank B. Cross, Roger LeRoy Miller
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 20, Problem 1BS
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Case summary: D and C were employees of an appliance plant. The task assigned to them involved occasional maintenance work while standing on a wire-mesh about 20 feet high from the plant floor. Some of the employees were injured earlier while working. D and C refused to perform their duties out of fear of injury and eventually were fired.
To find: If this case is a case of wrongful discharge.
Summary Introduction
Case summary: D and C were employees of an appliance plant. The task assigned to them involved occasional maintenance work while standing on a wire-mesh about 20 feet high from the plant floor. Some of the employees were injured earlier while working. D and C refused to perform their duties out of fear of injury and eventually were fired.
To find: What federal law is applicable in the given case.
Summary Introduction
Case summary: D and C were employees of an appliance plant. The task assigned to them involved occasional maintenance work while standing on a wire-mesh about 20 feet high from the plant floor. Some of the employees were injured earlier while working. D and C refused to perform their duties out of fear of injury and eventually were fired.
To find: The federal agency that can help the parties in loss.
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