Termination Case Studies Samples For Students

Business

Notice of Termination
Northern Timber Company together with the Union is committed to the safety and wellbeing of the employees. As such, due to this aspect, the company and the union issues a joint agreement to the employees concerning the use or the possession of illegal drugs or alcohol on the company property. This joint announcement was in the form of the reminder that the illegal drugs and the alcohol were not permitted on the company property, including the residences of the employees (Suffield, 2012). As such, the collective agreement of the company and the union is that the ...

The Main Issue

Employment termination always come and go in the industry. However, termination undergoes certain processes and clarifications in order to avoid issues from arising. These issues originated from several reasons, depending on how the human resource department tackles the situation. Most of the time, the human resource department is knowledgeable enough of the policies and regulations of the company, which eases their decision-making about termination, especially if an employee violated one of the policies. Also, termination processes also include documentations in order to verify the claims and statements of both the HR department and the employee to be fired. Lastly, ...

1. On what grounds do you think the Union would appeal this termination?
Fair grounds for dismissal: The Union is to investigate that the dismissal relates to one or more of the possibly fair grounds set out in the National Labor Act. The employee has to provide information on any warnings by the employer on the misconduct or any other offence.
Unfair grounds: Are there any unfair reasons for dismissal. The Union is to undertake investigation on employee and the reasons that could have been motivation for the termination by the employee.

Fair procedures: The employer must ...

A.) Daisy can file an unfair dismissal complaint against her previous employer, The Chopping Block. As an employee for 14 years with the company covering the years 2002 and 2016, there was no justification for her dismissal based on the grounds of for lateness and rudeness to staff and customers in February 2016. In fact, Daisy was not given a fair notice that the question of her dismissal for incapacity was being considered by the employer, and she was not afforded an opportunity of being heard or to explain her side. The reinstatement of the discharged employee is the ...

Issues Between Store Norske Spitsberger Kulkompani Corporation

1. Store Norske is considering using Coal India Limited to assist them in their international business operations. What issues will Store Norske have to address with respect to any business transactions between Store Norske and Coal Inida Limited. Discuss.
Store Norske’s manner of partnering with Coal India to assist them in their international business operations is called international joint venture. This is the most common way to go into international business to a) reduce the risk in venturing into a new operation, and b) takes the favorable opportunity of using the skills and assets of the new business ...

The employment practices in Timothy Reverson’s case can be characterized as; i) Rudimentary- Employees in this company seem disrespectful and don't seem to obey protocol or procedure as Timothy's case showed. This could be as a result of organizational culture and how to organization has been past. ii) Slow in growth- It seems that the company has grown very slowly over the years. Timothy has been a part of the company for 15years and yet only 17employees are members as of now. It shows their employment practices are stagnant; recruitment is slow or there simply isn't room for ...

Report to the Parent Company in the United Kingdom

In reporting to its U.K. parent under IFRSs, how should Pharma Co. account for the above restructuring program for the year ended December 31, 2010?
This report to the UK parent under IFRSs requires that the company give details of the prepared exit plan and the accrued costs from this and how it is of benefit to the whole company. The first thing to be reported is the reason for the restructuring and why it is necessary as a strategic process. In this case, the reason is because the Live4 Mor drug production is to be discontinued due to ...

The Jonson & Jonson Company believes, among of the key areas of focus which directly influence its success is the status and capacity of its employees. The company ensures this by prioritizing its employee wellness through both wellness programmers and policies governing inter-employee interaction. The human resource manager Mark Simpson just received information from a supervisor that an employee had physically assaulted another eight days ago. Mark is now required to act swiftly and in the most appropriate way.

Facts

The company top priority area for its success is the capacity and conduct of its employees
The company penalty for violence ...

Introduction to the case

Northern Timber Company works wood cutting locales in province remote zones. Workers are reached there for 14 working days and after that come back for 14 days off. They are lived in trailers gave by the organization. They are secured by an aggregate understanding between the organization and the Timber Workers Union. The organization recruit timber cutter in 2005 named with Hank Bradford. Throughout his work, Bradford works a cutting apparatus and other conceivably dangerous equipment. Preceding being procured, Bradford was prompted that no alcohol and drugs were allowed on organization property, including the living arrangements possessed by representatives. The ...

EMPLOYMENT LAW

EMPLOYMENT LAW
The court applies the provisions of the industrial law in reaching the opinions and judgments reached in this set of cases. There are certain important definitions and terminologies used by the court in reaching the opinions hence the courts evaluates them comprehensively to determine the direction of the case in relation to the plaintiff and the defendant. An example of such terms is major changes. In the matter of Kevin Lane, Aleksander Argirov, and James Koehn versus Arrowcrest Group PTY LTD, the court comes to several conclusions based on the facts availed in each instance. The ...

The past record of Mary is significant in this case. Her capability to perform the job suitably could only be supported by her past record while avoiding focus on her non-attendance. He past record reflected that Mary was the company’s model employee and that her performance reviews were always above average. For that reason, the past three years when her absenteeism turned out as a problem to the company was basically referenced to the external variables which was never available during her first years while working for the company. This supports the idea that her absenteeism is genuinely caused ...

I agree with the arbitrator that the employer had no just cause to terminate the Grievant from employ based on the “tangible” information provided during the case. The arbitrator’s decision centers on his duly right assertion that the employer carries the burden of proving that the Grievant did or did not perpetuate the alleged violation of established rules. The employer, as described by the arbitrator, did not provide sufficient evidence to prove beyond reasonable doubt that the Grievant committed the violations that resulted in her termination. The employer’s case against the grievant hinges on the credibility of ...

Ethical dilemma or moral dilemma is simply a complex situation in which a choice has to be made between two options neither of which solve the complexity of the situation in an ethically acceptable form. In cases like this, personal and societal ethical guidelines should provide guidelines which can at least provide satisfactory results to the chooser. The assumption of ethical dilemma is that the chooser will have to abide by acceptable societal norms, such as codes of law or teaching of a religious manner to make a choice that is otherwise ethically impossible (Lundy, p 13).
My personal ...

Scenario 1

What theories of team behavior might assist GS in taking on his new role?
In the given scenario, GS has been given a team of 24 employees who all have been working in the office for more than 5 years. This shows that all the team members are completely familiar with the organizational culture and norms, and are also well adjusted to their job roles. Furthermore, GS’s active interest in promoting conformity and harmony is also well-liked by all the team members, which also indicate that everyone is on the same page. These factors indicate that the team ...

Description of Issue:

The main point of concern in the current case is that Marla Gilson, a former president and CEO of the Association of Jewish Aging Services of North America (AJAS), was fired because of disability discrimination (she suddenly found herself being sick for leukemia). On returning from the second round of chemotherapy, she asked AJAS for permission to carry out her managerial activity from home for six months until she would finally recover. She had been notified that she was fired instead (Shin, 2011).
A decision of the board seems to be neither logical nor well-grounded since Gilson was hired ...

Course of action on the issue of employee lay-off

It is my proposition that the company should reduce the number of employees to be laid off from 10% to a lower figure so as not to affect the company’s future ability to attract talent, to prevent a decrease in employee morale and to prevent giving a bad customer image. The lay off number can be reduced by making an across the board pay cut and offering unpaid vacations as a cost cutting measure and refocusing on the core business of the firm in the long run. Immediate lay off should be carried ...

Issues

This case concerns the analysis of the validity of the offer and its acceptance under the terms and rules of the contract law made in different forms by virtue of the advertisements in the newspaper.

Contractual relations are comprised out of two primary pillars as the offer and acceptance. In fact, the one party to the contractual relations should provide the other one with the offer. In case the second party accepts this offer this implies that these people have entered into the legal and binding relations. Given the merits of the case, one may see that Philip plays ...

Executive Summary

The Georges Hotel is an upscale European-style boutique hotel located along the Oriental Bay in Wellington. Most of the staff is friends and relatives of Jeff and Chad, who are brothers. The hotel has many advantages that a family business has as well as the disadvantages. Some of the supervisors are not aware of the laws against discrimination. They are not aware of what sexual harassment means and what the appropriate and inappropriate behavior towards their subordinates is. This has resulted in situations where a couple of EEO complaints were raised against the hotel. However, as things stand, the ...

This article accesses the use and application of the Garrity rule in internal investigations of police officers. Apparently, the Garrity rule has not been applied consistently throughout police departments in the country. Some departments have applied the rule as stated by the Supreme Court, others have expanded the rule, while still others have limited the rule. Additionally, the Garrity rule has provided police officers with immunity from prosecution when immunity may not have been appropriate.

Facts

In Garrity v. New Jersey, 385 U.S. 493 (1967), the Supreme Court established a rule pertaining to statements made by officers during internal investigations. ...

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Given the facts of the case, John must have not been discharged instantaneously. Management should treat termination of employment as the last resort whenever an employee performs poorly or violates a rule. In addition to this, due internal process must be observds as fair treatment and respect to the employee-employer relationship (Cleverism). In this case, John was caught violating management’s code of conduct for employees which points out that “Employee off-duty behavior in no way should reflect unfavorably upon the company, its employees, or sales of any educational material/s”. ...

QUESTION 1

The sole proprietorship is the ideal business for the Owen. This is because the type of business is small, and it has two employees hence this type of a business suit the design and the arrangement/ agreement of the owner and the employees. Furthermore, since the business is new it gives the owner enough time to assess the development of the business and how the workers perform their duties. Thus, the owner has the total control of the performance of the workers and how the business is run. Moreover, the sole proprietorship does not require much paper work to get ...

Citation

Misti Lee SCHNEIDER, Plaintiff-Appellant/Cross-Appellee, v. The CITY OF GRAND JUNCTION POLICE DEPARTMENT, an agency of the City of Grand Junction; Bill Gardner; John Camper; William D. Baker; John A. Zen; Rick Dyer, Defendants-Appellees/Cross-Appellants, and John and Jane Does, 3-10, in their official and individual capacities, Defendants Nos. 12-1086, 12-1115 (US App. June 5, 2013)
Facts
The person, Lee Schneider called 911 in order to have assistance with her son who was making noise and disturbance in the neighborhood. The officer name Coyne responded alongside other officer, and the leading official in this regard notified the mother that ...

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Introduction

The nexus between human resource management and the law lies in the fact that employers and employees must observe the law. In addition, the law steps in to protect the rights of the employees who invariably are the weaker parties in the employment relationship. In this paper, consideration is placed on the application of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
The case essentially turns on the interpretation of the anti-discrimination provisions under the Americans with Disabilities Act. It involves a worker, who previously served as a driver or dockworker. During his employment, he served under ...

- How is Wal-Mart’s Website different from Amazon and Office Depot?
The major difference in the website of Walmart and that of the Amazon and Office Depot is in its web design. In the realization of this fact, Walmart acquired a web design company and tasked it with the responsibility of rebuilding the entire website of the company in order to make it more seamless. Additionally, the products that are featured on Walmart’s website are basic products that are needed in everyday life of its consumers, unlike the other two competitors. Walmart’s website is also different ...

Introduction

Bone is an important component of our body architecture. It serves several functions ranging from the support, protection, production etc. Bone must always be in the right state for the body to be stable simply because of those functions. Ageing is one major component that usually affects bone in terms of the strength however, there are several other disorders that tend to affects bones without the input of aging. Those disorders come into play by affecting either the structural component or chemical makeup of the bone. The resultant effects are the affectation of the function of the bone.
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Pauly’s Property Management Services, a property management company that leased Craig Crocodiles Inc., the warehouse and office space intends to sue for an alleged breach of the lease contract and has notified Craig’s lawyers. Before examination of the probability of any liability on the part of Craig for terminating the lease as signed, it is imperative to look into the details of the lease. It is clear that the company leased both the warehouse and the office for three years beginning January 1st 2008. It was, therefore, expected that the same lease would terminate on January 1st 2011. ...

Reasons for suspension:

Alcohol/ drug are prohibited at work place to maintain safety, quality of service and healthy environment as per company’s policy. Any employee consuming drug/ alcohol may be punished with immediate termination.
Brian accepted the fact that he had consumed two Corona’s beer with dinner just forty minutes before his shifts. The quantity consumed by Brian was relatively higher as per his body mass, which resulted in losing control while walking. In United States of America the legal limit of blood alcohol level is 0.08 percent. Brian accepted the fact that he consumed two corona beers (1880 ...