Employment Law Assignment

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Employment Law LASW-310 November24, 2013 Employment Law 12. A reader sent the following story to a newspaper question and answer forum: I was fired recently by my employer, an architecture firm, immediately after serving for one month on a federal grand jury. From the moment I informed my boss … I was harassed … and told I was not putting the company first. I was told to get out of my jury service, “or else.” … I was fired exactly one week after my service ended. Was the dismissal of this at-will employee lawful? Explain. The plaintiff, Murray was an at-will employee, which means that they are not under contract and has the possibility of being discharged from their job for any reason the employer see fit, that does not mean she would get discharged for doing jury duty. Jury duty is a legal duty we all have to face one day in our lives. If someone does not show up for jury…show more content…
Did the hospital violate the ADA? Explain. See Murray v. John D. Archbold Memorial Hospital, 50 F.Supp.2d 1368 (M.D. Ga. 1999). The plaintiff’s argument is that her civil rights were violated, by denying her employment not because of she could not perform the job, but because of her weight. The hospital had a policy that disqualified her as an applicant for employment, if she was a certain size, compared to height and weight. She also stated that they violated her civil rights, because she was black. The hospital did violate the American’s with Disabilities Act, because it made people that were not morbidly obese to seem as if they were. According to this case, “The ADA expressly defines the term "disabled" to mean, "with respect to an individual — (A) a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more of the major life activities of such individual; (B) a record of such an impairment; or (C) being regarded as having such an impairment." § 12102(2).2 Murray had not experienced any of these issues and that is why I feel the hospital violated the
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