Davis Hosiery Mills Has Each New Employee Sign a Form

question 41

Multiple Choice

Davis Hosiery Mills has each new employee sign a form acknowledging receipt of the company's handbook. The handbook states that employees will be terminated for good cause only. It also contains a disclaimer, in small print, which informs the employee that the employment relationship is "at will." An employee of Davis Hosiery sues for wrongful termination.

• A) The employee cannot sue because termination for good cause is not generally recognized as a limitation to employment-at-will, even when placed in an employee handbook.
• B) Davis Hosiery will win the case because the employee signed a form acknowledging that the employment relationship at Davis Hosiery is "at will."
• C) Depending on the statutes or court decisions in the state where Davis Hosiery is located, the employee can proceed with the lawsuit because the disclaimer was neither prominent nor conspicuous.
• D) The employee cannot sue if she lost her copy of the handbook.

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