Exam 2: Employment Contracts and Wrongful Discharge

Steven is the Executive Director at a telecom company in Texas.He regularly misappropriated company funds that belonged to the employee benefit plan and several clients.Robert, his corporate secretary was aware of his superior's illegal activities.He brought this to the attention of law enforcing agencies.What is Robert's role in the above scenario?​

An express contract is a contract in which:

The Sarbanes Oxley Act (SOX) was passed in the wake of​

Peter, an employee of Light Ware was terminated from his job without wages and benefits for a period of three months.This was in violation of META.Under META his claim is subject to:

Identify the case in which the Supreme Court upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit brought by a salesman who was fired for refusing to sell what he insisted to management was an unsafe product?​

Pennsylvania Human Relations Act provides that a person fired on the basis of gender or race discretion has to initially seek redress from the commission created under the Act and not with the court.

Muriel is the owner of a garment factory in New York City.Ten months back she hired 20 employees to work in his factory, but due to the economic downturn she decided to let go of the new hires in order to save her business.All 20 employees were fired and no explanation was provided.This action is perfectly legal and covered by the doctrine of:

Identify two Acts that protect whistleblowers from employer retaliation.

Many federal and state statutes seek to protect whistleblowers from the employer's retaliation by declaring such retaliation as:

The National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) forbids firing employees for engaging in protected concerted activities.

Describe the Model Employment Termination Act.

An implied contract is a contract which is made either verbally or in writing.

Individuals found guilty under SOX's criminal provision can be imprisoned up to 15 years.

If the statute itself provides the employee with a cause of action, the courts are reluctant to recognize an alternative remedy in the form of a lawsuit for wrongful discharge.

An Act which makes it illegal to fire an employee in retaliation for filing a safety complaint is covered under the provision of:

Brett (defendant) entered into employment contract with Krista (plaintiff).Brett had hired Krista as a staff assistant at a pay rate of $20 per hour.Krista's duties consisted of driving trucks and making deliveries.Although Krista worked for 120 hours in total, she was paid only for part of her services which did not abide by the terms and conditions agreed in the employment contract.Krista has most likely instituted a suit against Brett for:

Linda was employed with General Mills in Minnesota for over three years.She was a highly productive employee and was known as the star performer on her team.Due to the economic recession the company had to lay off a large number of employees, and she was one of the employees who was asked to leave without being provided good cause or an explanation.In this scenario, Linda is protected under Section 3(a) of META which says that an:

What is SOX?

What is the exception under employment-at-will?

A tort is: