Of the Four Types of Discharge Firing

question 65

Multiple Choice

Of the four types of discharge firing

• A) results from an employee's poor performance-that is, from his or her failure to fulfill expectations.
• B) for-cause dismissal-the result of employee theft, gross insubordination, release of proprietary information, and so on.
• C) usually refers to the temporary unemployment experienced by hourly employees and implies that they are "subject to recall".
• D) designates the permanent elimination of a job as a result of workforce reduction, plant closing, or departmental consolidation.

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Common Law

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