MGT 3500 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Law Of Louisiana, Fair Labor Standards Act, National Labor Relations Act
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Employment at will: absent a contractual arrangement establishing a definite term of employment or a just cause standard for termination, an employee may be terminated for a good reason, a bad reason, or no reason at all. No term of employment, no termination except for just cause. Personnel policy should state that it is not a contract. Just cause : louisiana civil code article 2747: a man is at liberty to dismiss a hired servant attached to his person or family, without assigning any reason for so doing. Hired for a certain time, must pay for allotted time. Title vii of the civil rights act of 1964: race, color, religion, sex, ethnicity and national origin, enforced by eeoc charge. Most statutes cover applicants for employment, existing employees, can sometimes cover former employees (defamation, blackballed, fired) Protected activity (must be good faith), adverse employment action (fired, no promotion, no raise), causal connection between 1 & 2 (time between)
