Questions from Business Law

Q: Applicant applies for a position with Ace Corporation. During the interview

Applicant applies for a position with Ace Corporation. During the interview, Ace suspects that the applicant is gay. When asked why the suspicion, Ace says that the male applicant acted effeminately....

Q: At the end of all her written communications, employee writes “

At the end of all her written communications, employee writes “have a blessed day.” One of employer’s most important clients requests that employee not do so and employer asks employee to stop. Employ...

Q: Employee is terminated for refusal to cover or remove his confederate flag

Employee is terminated for refusal to cover or remove his confederate flag symbols as requested by his employer. He sues the employer, claiming discrimination on the basis of his religion as a Christi...

Q: Employee, a Muslim, is a management trainee at an airport

Employee, a Muslim, is a management trainee at an airport car rental office. As part of her religious practice, employee wears a hijab (headscarf). She is told by her supervisor that the hijab does no...

Q: A Pentecostal nurse claims she was constructively discharged after refusing, because

A Pentecostal nurse claims she was constructively discharged after refusing, because of her religious beliefs, to assist in medical procedures she considered to be abortions. She was initially transfe...

Q: In two instances, Darden Restaurant did not hire applicants who were

In two instances, Darden Restaurant did not hire applicants who were 52 and 49 years old, and instead hired many less experienced applicants outside the protected age group. Darden’s hiring officials...

Q: An employee who suffers from fibromyalgia and degenerative disc and cervical disease

An employee who suffers from fibromyalgia and degenerative disc and cervical disease worked as a Pulaski County juvenile detention officer from November 24, 2001, to May 21, 2013. Beginning in 2008, e...

Q: Bloom was hired to perform clerical work for Group Health, Incorporated

Bloom was hired to perform clerical work for Group Health, Incorporated Office and Professional Employees International Union Local 12. Group Health had negotiated a collective bargaining agreement th...

Q: An employer was hiring employees after a strike. On employment applications

An employer was hiring employees after a strike. On employment applications, the employer asked the potential employees whether they belonged to a union. Was the employer engaged in an unfair labor pr...

Q: The employer engaged in the practice of photographing an employee engaged in

The employer engaged in the practice of photographing an employee engaged in picket-line activity. Is this illegal surveillance, even though the activity was “open and obvious,” no action was taken ag...