SMGT 3861 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Civil Rights Act Of 1964, Protected Group, Quasi-Contract
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Published on 2 Apr 2019
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Chapter 6: Employment
Tuesday, April 2, 2019
5:48 PM
Employment Issues:
• Employee gets fired from job
• Qualified employee is not hired for a job
• Qualified employee is not promoted
• Employee's work situation is so bad that he or she must quit
• Employee injured during scope of employment
• Employee is injured due to conditions at the workplace
Employment Relations:
• Employment-at-will doctrine: either the employer or employee may
terminate the employment relationship at any time and for any reason
• Exceptions
o Federal legislation
o Employment contract
o Implied contract
Implied Contract
• Consists of obligations arising from a mutual agreement and intent to
promise
• Where the agreement and promise have not been expressed in words
• Such contracts are implied from facts and circumstances showing a mutual
intent to contract, and may arise by the conduct of the parties
• A contract implied in fact is a true contract
Hiring, Promotion, Retention
• Discrimination (laws and protected classes):
o Civil Rights Act of 1864 (Title VII)
o Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
• If employees file a Title VII case, they need to go through the EEOC
first, and then EEOC decides if the employee has a cause of action
to sue or not
o Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA)
o Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
• Affirmative action
1964 Civil Rights Act (Title VII)
• Protected classes
o Race, color, and national origin, gender, religion