[Wrongful Discharge] Monique Worked as an Administrative Assistant for B&B

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Essay

[Wrongful Discharge] Monique worked as an administrative assistant for B&B Corporation. According to paragraph 16 of B&B's employee handbook's progressive discipline policy, an employee whose performance is unsatisfactory may be discharged if no improvement is shown within thirty days after receiving a written warning. Monique was having difficulty learning the software program required for her job. On July 1, she met with her supervisor, who told her that her performance needed improvement and gave her a written warning which referenced paragraph 16 of the employee handbook. Monique stayed up late each night trying to learn the new program. She was away from her job for one week for jury duty. On her return to work from jury duty on July 20, Monique was terminated for poor performance. Monique called B&B's Human Resources Department, but was told she has no case for wrongful discharge because she was an employee-at-will and can be terminated at any time for any reason.
-Phillipo was working beside Marguerite on the assembly line. One Friday afternoon after the third shut-down of the line due to a mechanical problem, both had had enough and started looking at on-line funny animal videos. Phillipo was leaning against the conveyor belt when suddenly, the conveyor belt jerked into motion throwing Phillipo to the ground causing him to be injured. If he pursued a workers' compensation claim, what would the court look at?

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Definitions:

Perceptual Constancy

The brain's ability to recognize objects as unchanging even as illumination and retinal images change in shape, size, or color.

Movement Parallax

Movement parallax is a depth cue that arises because objects at different distances move across the visual field at different rates relative to the observer’s motion.

Good Continuation

A principle in Gestalt psychology suggesting that elements aligned in a particular direction are perceived as a more unified whole.

Gestalt Law

Principles of perception that suggest humans naturally perceive objects as organized patterns and wholes rather than as separate components.