Case 3: Nick (a white male) applied for a job as a staff accountant at a relativ
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Case 3: Nick (a white male) applied for a job as a staff accountant at a relatively large company in San Francisco, California. At the time he applied for the job, Nick was 60 years old and had been working at a smaller accounting company a few hours away for the past 15 years. He was a CPA and had received good performance appraisals at his former company, but he and his wife wanted to move to California. Further, Nick liked the idea of working at a larger company with more opportunities, even if he did have to start at a low level. Nick knew he would have long hours in store, but he had never had a problem doing it before, plus his upbeat, positive personality made the best out of all situations. Nick thought he was an ideal candidate for the job, but when it came down to it, he did not get the job. The individual who did receive the job was Heath, a 56-year-old white male, who had only worked as a staff accountant for four years. Add to that the fact that Heath was not a CPA and Nick felt like he had an age discrimination case.
Questions: What is the issue at hand in this case?
What law(s) is this issue related too?
How do you think the courts decided?
Case 4 Kimberly Turic was an 18-year-old single mother who was working at Holiday Inn in Michigan. She worked as a room-service attendant and had worked at Holiday Inn for 14 months. On all of her performance appraisals, Kimberly had been rated nothing less than “above average.” Unfortunately, Kimberly became pregnant again and didn’t know for sure who the father was. As this was a big life event, Kimberly went to her boss and told her and while talking to her “I don’t know what my plan is, whether I am going to have the baby or not (meaning she would have an abortion). Kimberly thought she could trust her boss, but it turned out she was wrong. In fact, word leaked out, and soon staff in the hotel’s restaurant were in an “uproar,” at the possibility of Kimberly having an abortion. Two weeks later she was fired, officially for failing to fill coffee urns in the hotel lobby, as her job required. Knowing that she was a good employee and believing that her termination was not work-related, Kimberly hired a lawyer and sued Holiday Inn.
Questions: What is the issue at hand in this case?
What law(s) is this issue related too? How would you decide in this case?
How do you think the courts decided?
Explanation / Answer
Case 3:
a) According to case Nick was more qualified than Heath for the job, but Heath was awarded the job.
b) Dicrimination is shown to the applicants.
c) Since its an unsound recruitment policy courts must have come to conclusions.
Case 4:
a) Firing an employee without a proper reason.
b) Wrongfull Termination Law.
c) Its a violation of empoloyees right to express.
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