Lesson 27-3 Quiz Review

Most employment contracts are terminated this way ? By Performance

Obligations are owed by this party to an employment contract? Employee

Duties are something this party to an employment contract owes Employer

When one side to an employment contract does not live up to their obligations or duties, this happens Breach of Contract

All At will employee rights are this Limited (Based on pay, law)

T/F: All At will agreements have a time limit agreed to False, no time limit

What is it called when you are fired for improper reasons Wrongful Discharge (Discrimination, retaliation, punishment)

What is it called when you are fired for some legal reason Discharged for Cause

What type of firing disallows you from being eligible for unemployment Discharged for Cause

T/F: All contract terms must be agreed to before the contract is finalized True….

What tool used by a business contains a business’s rules and guidelines? Employee Handbook

False: Anything in handbook is a part of the employment contract T/F: Terms within an employee handbook cannot be part of an employment agreement unless they are part of the negotiations False: Anything in handbook is a part of the employment contract

T/F: Express agreements cannot be breached before completion unless a specific reason is given for breaching True: In other words, you cannot be fired if you do your job for the agreed time period

What is a legal reason to breach an express employment contract before completion? Asked to do an illegal act, unsafe workplace, change in terms of contract, more…

Any person who works as a government based employee Public Sector

Any person who works for anyone other than for government? Private Sector

What are government based employees entitled to before they are officially terminated from a job Due Process (Arbitration, proof of claims they are being punished or fired)

What must an employer produce at a due process hearing? Proof of why the employee is being punished or fired

Anything that is important to either side in an employment agreement is this Material

If an employee is injured on the job, what are they eligible to collect and what 2 things must they prove? Workers comp, the injury took place at work not their fault and they are independent

False: it’s a breach of contract and they can be sued T/F: If an express based employee decides one day that their job is not satisfactory for no good reason other than they don’t like it, they can legally stop showing up to work False: it’s a breach of contract and they can be sued

True… but not a great idea T/F: If an Implied based employee decides one day that their job is not satisfactory for no good reason other than they don’t like it, they can legally stop showing up to work True… but not a great idea

T/F: Both public sector employees and express based employees must be given a reason for termination True…

T/F: Its impossible for an express based employee to terminate a contract before its fully performed False.. They need to show proof why they can (Unsafe workplace, terms of contract not being followed, more)

QUESTIONS???? QUIZ TOMORROW