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Terminating an employee under the employment-at-will doctrine: Protects employers who fire employees with cause. Protects employers...

Terminating an employee under the employment-at-will doctrine:

Protects employers who fire employees with cause.

Protects employers who fire employees without cause.

Does not protect whistle-blowers.

Both A and B above.

2-

A personnel manual also known as an employee handbook:

May be a contract in an employment-at-will relationship.

Is an important management tool that helps define the employer and employee relationship.

Can protect both the employer and employee by eliminating any issues related to the agreement between the employer and employee.

All of the above

3-

An employment-at-will relationship:

Lasts for a certain period of time.

Is not a common employment condition.

Have never been legal.

Means that an employee can be fired or quit for any reason or even no reason.

4-

If a principal ratifies an agent’s actions:

It probably means that the agent’s actions were not original authorized.

The agent is probably liable for the actions of the principal.

The agent had express authority.

None of the above

Expert Solution

1 Both A and B above.

At-will employees can be fired by their employer at any time with or without any cause, reason. Until and unless the reason is not illegal. Illegal means, discrimination based on race, color, gender, age, sex, religion etc. So both the options will be correct.

2 Is an important management tool that helps define the employer and employee relationship

Employee handbook in not a contract because handbook is changed with time and without notice. So because of these virtues option 1 and 3 in incorrect. Employee handbook containing the information about the company history policy, expectation from the employees, their paid leaves etc.

3 Means that an employee can be fired or quit for any reason or even no reason.

As I have explained in 1^st question. At will employees can be fired without any reason, notice and prior information.

4 The agent had express authority..

Express authority means the principal has given authority to the employee in written or orally.

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