Legal Consideration Affecting Job Protection

Answer

Rights

Example or Description

Employment$-$at$-$will doctrine

Wrongful discharge

Whistle$-$blowers

Implied contracts

Explicit contracts

Constructive discharge

Retaliation discharge

Plant closing

A$.$ Actor Ge You signs a contract with Emperor Motion Pictures in Hong Kong. The studio agrees to offer Mr$.$ Ge leading roles in three movies over the next $5$ years.

B$.$ Stefano was hired to be a lifeguard at a country club. But now his manager wants him to mow the grass and clean out the locker rooms every other day. Stefano feels like he is being pushed into unreasonable work, and he is having thoughts about quitting.

C$.$ Simon presents an argument in court that his supervisor fired him without cause.

D$.$ Phaedra Al$-$Majid filed claims saying that soccer officials in Qatar offered to pay for the votes of three FIFA $($F$$d$$ration Internationale de Football Association$)$ officials so that the Qatar team could play in the $2022$ World Cup. E$.$ A company is able to layoff employees without giving a cause for the layoffs. F$.$ A company's employee handbook states that before being fired, employees must be on probation for at least $30$ days.

G$.$ The day after he files a sexual harassment lawsuit, George is fired by his boss. $($Hint: This sounds like wrongful discharge, but it's not. Go for the term that describes this exact situation.$)$

H$.$ Calisolar Inc. files paperwork with the California Employment Development $*$ Department that it will be laying off $36$ people.