Employment law for human resource practice
7th edition by David J Walsh All Chapters 1-17 Covered
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CHAPTER 1: OVERVIEW OF EMPLOYMENT LAW
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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CasefQuestions ...................................................................................................................................... 2
Warnerfv.fUnitedfNaturalfFoods,fInc. .......................................................................................................... 2
OTO,fL.L.C.fv.fKho ...................................................................................................................................... 4
EEOCfv.fAUTOZONE, ................................................................................................................................. 7
JustfThefFacts ......................................................................................................................................... 8
PracticalfConsiderations ...................................................................................................................... 10
ChapterfQuestions ............................................................................................................................... 11
,CASE QUESTIONS
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WARNER V. UNITED NATURAL FOODS, INC.
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513fF.fSuppf3df477f(M.D.fPa.,fJanuaryf13,f2021)
PlaintifffwasfanfemployeefoffUnitedfNaturalfFoods,fInc.f(―UNFI‖),fafRhodefIslandfcorporationfthatfmaint
ainsfafwholesaleffoodfdistributionfoperationfinfYork,fPA.fOnfDecemberf16,f2019,fUNFIfhiredfPlaintifffDen
nisfWarnerfasfafloaderfatfthatfYorkflocation.fNeitherfoffPlaintiff‘sftheoriesfoffliabilityfwasfplausiblyfallegedf(
HefwasfwrongfullyfterminatedfbasedfonfhisfcomplaintftofthefDepartmentfoffHealth;fPlaintifffclaimsfhefwa
sffiredfbecausefhefstayedfhomeffromfworkfwhilefhefawaitedfthefresultsfoffhisfCOVID-
19ftest),fthefcourtsfgrantedfthefmotionfandfdismissalfoffthisfcase.
1. Whatfwasftheflegalfissuefinfthisfcase?fWhatfdidfthefcourtfdecide?
Answer:
TheflegalfissuesfwerefwhetherfthefPlaintifffwasfwrongfullyfterminatedfinfretaliationfforfhisfc
omplaintftofthefDepartmentfoffHealth,forfbecausefhefmissedfworkfpendingfthefresultfoffhisf
COVID-
19ftest.fFurthermore,fthefcasefquestionsfwhetherfthefPlaintifffcanfallegefthefterminationfvi
olatesfaf―clearfmandatefoffpublicfpolicy.‖
2. Whatfargumentsfandfevidencefsupportfthefplaintiff‘sf(Warner)fclaimfthatfhefwasfwrongfullyfter
minated?
Answer:
ThefPlaintifffarguesfthatfhefwasfwrongfullyfterminatedfbasedfonfhisfcomplaintftofthefDe
partmentfoffHealth.fThisfargumentfdoesfnotfholdfasfPlaintifffwasfnotfunderfanyfaffirmat
iveforfstatutoryfdutyftofreportfallegedfviolationsfoffthefexecutivefbranch‘sfCOVID-
19fmitigationforders.
Plaintiff‘sfsecondftheoryfalsoffails.fTofreiterate,fPlaintifffclaimsfhefwasffiredfbecausefhefstayedfh
omeffromfworkfwhilefhefawaitedfthefresultsfoffhisfCOVID-
19ftest.fHefaversfthatfbecausefthefSecretaryfoffHealth‘sfAprilf15forderfinstructedfthatfsymptoma
ticfemployees
―shouldfnotifyftheirfsupervisorfandfstayfhome,‖fhefwasffollowingfthefgovernmentfordersf(Pennsy
lvaniafDiseasefPreventionfandfControlfLaw).
ThefPlaintifffpleadsfthatfhefquarantinedfwhilefwaitingfforftestfresultsfatfthefdirectionfoffhisfs
upervisors.fItfisfimplausiblefthatfDefendantfinstructedfhimftofstayfhomeffromfworkfwhilefwai
tingfforfhisftestfresults,fandfthenffiredfhimfbecausefhefstayedfhomefwhilefwaitingfforfhisftestf
results.
3. Whyfdoesfthefcourtfrulefforfthefdefendant-employerfdespitefexpressingfsympathyfforfthefplaintiff?
, Answer: