Under the Whistleblower Protection Act, employees who disclose illegal or improper activities are fully protected. The secretary is obviously troubled by the situation at her work. Refusing to prepare false expense reports for her boss is one way that the secretary expresses her feeling strongly that her company should do what is right. “The whistleblower profile is such that, if nothing is done to respond to their internal complaints, they often feel compelled to disclose to authorities outside the company-even to the media” (Halbert, Ingulli, 2012). In the primary interest of our entity, its incumbent upon employers to find a right balance between the exceptions to the employment-at-will doctrine to avoid liabilities associated with the violations of the exceptions.
Overall, I think filling the safety complaints was a great choice and that he did the right thing in doing that. The company violated OSHA and didn't take the complaints seriously. They also violated the employee by not acting on a serious issue. The courts verdict would reflect my job in this case because I would feel as If I didn't protect the employee and that I could of prevented the lawsuit. If I were a human resource manager, I would be ashamed and I would feel like I didn't do my job, and that I just ignored a safety issue that was serious.
You see your co-worker stealing; do you keep quiet or advice him against it? I know you will not report it so if I view the camera and saw what happened, you automatically become a part of it and I will report you to the police as well. I am strongly against stealing. It isn’t a right thing to do and if I were to see my co-worker stealing, I would talk him out and ask him to put it back or else I would just report it to you. 10.
NEWCORP LEGAL SCENARIOS BUSINESS LAW Legal Encounter 1 In the given situation NewCorp is liable for having to follow the guidelines of what the handbook states on the given situation with Pat. Pat has the right to sue NewCorp given the fact that when he was hired on he signed the handbook which in it, it has a section that is Notice of Unsatisfactory Performance/Corrective Action Plan. In this section of the handbook it states that if any employee has a deficiency in their job they are to be put on a Corrective Action Plan and if the performance does not improve they can be terminated. Therefore in a court NewCorp can be found in breach of contract, since the employee handbook is a signed contract. As well as the fact that Pat feel that because of him voicing an opinion on the school board, which has nothing to do with NewCorp, this may
Happy Trails, LLC have the right to campaign just as the union organizers do. (National Labor Relations Board, 2013) This could be a pamphlet that discusses the pros and cons of unionization and what unionization could mean to them in their industry. This information should try to be as non-biased as possible to show the staff that the organization can be trusted not to provide false claims. I would also advise this employer not to say anything derogatory about the union but instead state the benefits of a non-union environment. Tell employees they do not need to talk to union organizers, that they can vote against the union, and that the independent living home does not welcome the
They could have explained to the managers that immediate termination is not the proper form of discipline for the offenses mentioned. They would have also told them that all employees involved would have to have the same disciplinary action taken to show that they are not being bias to some employees and not others. By law, generally, we go by legislation, statutes, and regulations made by states and by the federal government on multiple subjects for the good of the public and public welfare. “Laws do not, and are not intended to, incorporate ethical principles or values, but sometimes ethical standards will be reflected in laws.” (The Importance of Ethics in Criminal Justice. ( n.d. ) p. 12).
I recommend the company should respond to the former employee’s charge of constructive discharge by first apologizing. This former employee has had a negative impact on their life do to our company, and an apology would not hurt the situation. The government has various laws and statues pertaining to constructive discharge, management needs to avoid anything that could be misconstrued as discrimination in the work place. Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) refers to processes and techniques of resolving disputes that fall outside of the judicial process (Alernative Dispute Resolution Law & Legal Definintion, 2011). Legally, this could save the company bad publicity, a great amount of stress, and money that isn’t necessary to spend.
For example, if you fire an employee for complaining that you denied a promotion because of race, you could lose a retaliation lawsuit even if a judge or jury finds that your promotion decision was not discriminatory. (Nolo, 2014). The at-will employee agreement dictates that the employer doesn't need a reason to keep an employee, but many justifiable reasons exist
Why is the lawyer so concerned about the change in his behavior? The lawyer does not even want to fire Bartleby even wants to keep him on the staff. I researched this information further to find out, why was the lawyer keeping him on staff if he was not doing his job? The lawyer felt that if Bartleby was employed by someone else he would become mistreated. The fellow workers were upset by his refusal,
He cannot see that he did anything wrong when he fired Eva smith- he was just looking after his business interests. An example of him putting his business first is when the Inspector asks him why he didn’t give Eva more money. ‘Well, it’s my duty to keep labour costs down, and if I’d agreed to this demand for a new rate we’d have added about 12% to our labour costs.’ This shows a clear understanding that Birling only thought about his business and was very selfish towards his work. He wants to protect is reputation. As the Inspector’s investigations continue, his selfishness gets the better of him: he is worried about how the press will view his story in Act 2, and accuses Sheila of disloyalty at the start of Act 3.