Morgan has been employed by Consigna Inc. for the past 12 years as director of business development. Although she is generally happy at Consigna, she was recently passed over for a promotion, she believes she deserved and is considering leaving Consigna to pursue another opportunity. Morgan strongly believes that this action in related to the fact that she has been on 3 consecutive maternity leave for the past 3 years and is currently 4 months pregnant Morgan receives a call from Tom, senior vice president of manufacturing for Green Thumb Organics, a manufacturer and distributor of health products. Green Thumb is a large organization with offices throughout the world; it is seeking a director of business development. Morgan meets Tom to discuss the potential position. Tom explains that Green Thumb has secured a $15 million investment from a firm in the United States to launch a new product and that Morgan would be in charge of the entire marketing campaign. Morgan wants to accept the position with Green Thumb and Tom asks her to start work in 2 weeks. They verbally agree on the job duties and salary and shake hands. Morgan however, is concerned about how this will affect her entitlement to maternity leave. She gives her 2 weeks notice and when to her new job. Shortly after Morgan starts working at Green Thumb, she receives an email from Tom. He explains that he should have asked Morgan to sign a contract. He also told her that they had not discussed what would happen in relation to her maternity leave. Three months after she started, Morgan is told she will be terminated without cause because the position is being made redundant.

Questions 1. Morgan had just found out that she was pregnant for the fourth (4th) time when she was promoted to her new position, but her due date is still six months away. Morgan will need to take leave during the six (6) month probational period, and she was the department manager. a) How soon will she need to notify the department chair of her pregnancy? Justify your response b) Will she be entitled to the full three (3) months of her maternity, especially as she was just promoted to a new position?

2. Discuss Morgans termination entitlement in relation to without cause because the position is being made redundant.

3. Morgan wonder if she will be entitled to either paid or unpaid maternity leave since this was her 4th consecutive pregnancy. Provide Morgan with an answer to her question.

4. Morgan is angry that Tom had implied that the investment funding had been finalized. She consults a lawyer to determine whether she has a right to legal action. Which of the following claims would be most appropriate in Morgans situation?

5. Morgan informs the vice president of HR, during the termination meeting that one of her co-workers sexually harassed her. Morgan said she did not report it sooner because she was new to Green Thumb and was worried she would be fired. What should the HR President do first?

6. Tom was troubled, he is concerned that Morgan was not provided with Green Thumbs standard employment contract before her first day of work. What is the present least legal risk for Green Thumb?

7. Discuss if there is any action Morgan can take if she is not given any maternity leave with her 4th pregnancy.