If the Place of Employment Is Not Unionized and There

question 36

Multiple Choice

If the place of employment is not unionized and there are no provisions in the employment contract concerning termination of employment, which of the following would not be within the rights of the employer and therefore actionable by the employee?

• A) An employee is dismissed for incompetence and is given neither notice nor pay in lieu of notice.
• B) An employee is dismissed because he refused to do a job to which he had just been demoted and he is given reasonable pay in lieu of notice.
• C) An employee is dismissed because his employer doesn't like his disposition and he is given reasonable pay in lieu of notice.
• D) An employee is dismissed because he was found stealing goods from his employer and he is given neither notice nor pay in lieu of notice.
• E) An employee is dismissed because there is no more work to do and he is given neither notice or pay in lieu of notice.

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Definitions:

Centromere

A specialized constricted region of a chromatid; contains the kinetochore. In cells at prophase and metaphase, sister chromatids are joined in the vicinity of their centromeres.

Nucleosomes

Structural units of a chromosome, consisting of a segment of DNA wound around a core of histone proteins.

Histone Proteins

Proteins found in the nucleus of eukaryotic cells that package and order the DNA into structural units called nucleosomes.

Eukaryotic DNA

The genetic material contained within the nucleus of eukaryotic cells, characterized by its linear chromosomes.