legal risk arising from wrongful discharge. What liability and rights do NewCorp and Pat have in this situation? What legal principles -- such as statutory or case law -- support those liabilities and rights? When it comes to the first scenario, it is clear that NewCorp fired Pat based upon the views that he expressed at a public gathering. While this cannot be directly proven, various pieces of circumstantial evidence are

Another practical application of this knowledge comes from a couple of different cases, where a company won a case because it had documented past indiscretions of the worker and another company lost because it did not have a well-documented history of poor performance. In the latter case, the company's contention that the firing was for poor performance was viewed by the court as a pretext for dismissal, and the

legal Briefs Hill v. Ohio County 468 S.W. 2D 306 (Ky.1971) Facts lady by the name of Juanita Monroe went to Ohio County Hospital seeking medical assistance. She was pregnant, and the charge nurse she approached assumed she was seeking obstetrical care. The lady also stated that she was afraid she wouldn't be able to make it back to Illinois, where her doctor was, before the baby would be born. The nurse

American Meat Packing Corp., 362F.3d 418 (7th Cir. 2004). On November 15, 2001, 350 workers at the American Meat Packing Corporation (AMPC) showed up for work and were told they had been terminated. Because they were not notified 60 days prior to termination, the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, U.S.C. § 2101-2109, the WARN Act, did not apply. The purpose of the 1989 WARN Act was to create a buffer

Employment at Will Doctrine At-will employment is actually American Law's doctrine. It states that in the employment relationship, any of the parties involved can break the relationship anytime without any reliability. But only under the condition if no contract was signed regarding the definite term of the employment relationship. There is a whole set of doctrine which maintains and regulates such type of corporate associations. (C, 1996, pp. 375-376) As a matter

Employment at Will Thoroughly describe what steps you would take to address the following scenario involving skills, competence, and abilities: • The employee seems to be unable to learn the computer applications that are basic to her job responsibilities, but, consistently "tells" her boss that she is "a good worker and a genius" and that he does not "appreciate her." Even after a few months of training and support, she is unable