Case summary:The company SNH works on providing employers with temporary and long term employees. The companySNH provides its services to RL, a company that works to fill the order of books from other businesses. The company RL hired pickers and stockers who perform the work of selecting books to place in the box and bring the box to pickers so that the books can be placed. A person AV who is an on-site manager for SNH fired a stocker on the ground of the attitude of the employee. Persons OG, GB, and other pickers complained that the decision was not fair. The person AV told OG, GB, and other persons that he can send all of them home. GB told others that they should stand against injustice. The person GB was asked to leave to which she protested but left. GB was informed that she does not need to return. GB filed an
To find:The decision of the court when GB was asked to return to work and she willingly left the area.
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