Exam 22: Employment Law

Thelma is an employee at Foreign Food Mart.Thelma is called for juryduty and as a result cannot work her scheduled shift at Foreign Food Mart.Foreign Food Mart fires Thelma.This is a violation of

A promise that an employer makes in an employee handbook regarding discharge will not be considered part of an implied contract.

Workbilt Hardware Company employs workers,including Gina,at six locations in two states.Workbilt's discharge of Gina outside the terms of an employment contract may result in

Management may never legally limit unionizing activities.

Big Drill Oil Company employees one hundred workers.Big Drill must do all of the following except

For twenty years,Ozzie works for Players Paradise,a destination for vacationers from across the United States,maintaining golf carts.After a steady stream of positive job evaluations and merit pay raises,Ozzie is promoted to the position of supervisor of golf-cart maintenance at three of Players's courses.Five years later,a new employee,Quentin,is hired to oversee operations at all ten of Players's courses.Quentin demotes Ozzie,who is now over the age of forty,to running only one of the three cart facilities,and freezes his salary.Quentin demotes five other employees over the age of forty and places one of Ozzie's former facilities under the supervision of Richie,who is twenty-three.Ozzie overhears Richie say,"We're going to have to do away with these old,senile men." Less than a year later,Quentin reconsolidates the three cart facilities' operations under Richie's charge.Ozzie quits and files a suit against Players for employment discrimination. Should he prevail? Explain.

Disparate-impact discrimination occurs when a protected class of individuals is adversely affected by an employer's practices,even though they do not appear to be discriminatory.

If a job applicant or an employee with a disability,with reasonable accommodation,can perform essential job functions,the employer must make the accommodation.

Jo works for Tall Tales Publishing,Inc.The basis for Jo's contribution under the Federal Insurance Contribution Act (FICA) is based on her

Making out a prima facie case of discrimination means that a plaintiff has met his or her initial burden of proof.

The basis for an employee's contribution to Social Security is the employee's age.

Quinn is an employee of Regional Industries,Inc. Quinn is threatened with a discharge when he refuses a transfer to a Regional department in which several employees suffered serious injuries from exposure to hazardous chemicals.Quinn may be entitled to protection from discharge under