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• LEG 500 Assignment 1 Employment-At-Will Doctrine Due Week 3 and worth 200 points As a manager and supervisor of an accounting department, discuss the following issues related to the employment-at-will doctrine and liability of an employer based on actions and responses to the employee’s behavior and actions. Jennifer, a recent graduate, has recently been hired by your accounting firm out of college. Upon being hired, she engages in a number of different behaviors that need your attention. For each category of behavior, describe what steps you would take to address the situation. In your responses, you may want to consider the following Should the firm be legally allowed to fire her based on the employment-at-will doctrine? Why or why not? What are the legal implications for the employer vs. the employee in this particular instance? What preventive measures should the employer have in place in order to reduce any risk or liability on its part? Are there any “exceptions” to the employment-at-will doctrine that would apply in this case? Write a four to five (4-5) page paper in which you 1. Describe what steps you would take to address the following scenario involving skills, competence, and abilities
• LEG 500 Assignment 1 Employment-At-Will Doctrine
Due Week 3 and worth 200 points
As a manager and supervisor of an accounting department, discuss the following issues related to the employment-at-will doctrine and liability of an employer based on actions and responses to the employee’s behavior and actions. Jennifer, a recent graduate, has recently been hired by your accounting firm out of college. Upon being hired, she engages in a number of different behaviors that need your attention.
For each category of behavior, describe what steps you would take to address the situation. In your responses, you may want to consider the following
Should the firm be legally allowed to fire her based on the employment-at-will doctrine? Why or why not?
What are the legal implications for the employer vs. the employee in this particular instance?
What preventive measures should the employer have in place in order to reduce any risk or liability on its part?
Are there any “exceptions” to the employment-at-will doctrine that would apply in this case?
Write a four to five (4-5) page paper in which you
1. Describe what steps you would take to address the following scenario involving skills, competence, and abilities
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The employee’s supervisor consistently asks her out on dates; the<br />
employee initially refuses to go out on a date with her supervisor. The<br />
employee later discusses the issue with her girlfriend who encourages<br />
her to accept his offers. During her new employee orientation, the<br />
employee was informed of the company policy which prevented<br />
employees from dating their supervisor and was given an employee<br />
handbook with the written policy. The employee and her supervisor later<br />
begin having a consensual relationship.<br />
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act prohibits any public company from<br />
discriminating against any employee who lawfully gives information on<br />
behavior that they believe illegal. The SOX Act seems to focus only on<br />
major corporations and not low level employees
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