Are you a human resources manager in charge of terminating employees’ relationships with the company? Are you a manager who is contemplating letting some workers go? Be careful that you do not violate any wrongful termination law! Avoid costly litigation; take our quiz today.
What Is a Wrongful Termination?
This legal phrase applies to a separation of an employer-employee working relationship based on faulty grounds. Even though a company – in the absence of an employment contract – has the legal right to terminate a worker’s employment at will, it may not do so and cite reasons for the dismissal that governing bodies deem to be illegal.
Have you become afraid to consider dismissal of a worker who may belong to one or more protected classes? A job separation quiz can help dispel myths, show errors and highlight gaps in your understanding of the law.
Firing the Right – and Wrong – Way
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References
- EEOC/Retaliation; http://www.eeoc.gov/policy/docs/retal.html
- EEOC/National Origin; http://www.eeoc.gov/policy/docs/qanda-nationalorigin.html
- EEOC/Religion; http://www.eeoc.gov/policy/docs/religion.html#_Toc203359522
- Photo Credit: “Justice and Law ” by Wiki-vr/Wikimedia Commons via GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 license
- Fair Measures; http://www.fairmeasures.com/issues/termination/
