CHAPTER 5
Termination
1. An employer may dismiss an employee at will.
2. An employer is guilty of wrongful discharge where its motivation for termination is
discriminatory.
3. The Model Employment Termination Act was designed to permit employers to discharge
employees without cause.
4. An employee cannot be discharged because of his involvement in politics outside of work.
5. When a worker is discharged for appearing as a witness in an employment discrimination or
harassment suit this is constructive discharge.
6. The principal exception to termination at-will is public policy.
7. Retaliatory Discharge occurs when an employee is terminated for blowing the whistle on an
employer’s illegal activity.
8. At will means the employer can terminate upon giving proper notice.
9. When a worker is forced to resign because the employer is making it impossible to perform
his/her job this is ________.
a) retaliatory discharge
b) wrongful discharge
c) constructive discharge
d) none
10. Retaliatory discharge occurs when a worker is discharged for ________.
a) filing a worker’s compensation
b) whistleblowing
c) not performing up to par
d) being a drug addict
e) a&b
11. Claims for wrongful termination can be filed for ________.
a) downsizing
b) retaliation
c) alcoholism
d) incompetence
e) a&b
12. Exceptions to termination at-will include ________.
a) for cause
b) public policy
c) layoffs
d) a&c
e) all
13. Irving Kaufman, the manager for the Barons singing group, was fired when he demanded
more money. By what method was his employment terminated?
a) fulfillment of purpose
b) unfulfilment of purpose
c) mutual agreement
d) revocation of authority
e) none of the above
14. Mark is awaiting the results of his bar exam. He tells Paula that he will continue to employ
her as his secretary if he passes the exam. If he fails the exam, the employment relationship
has been terminated in what way?
a) fulfillment of purpose
b) operation of law
c) unfulfilled condition
d) revocation of authority
e) it did not terminate
15. If Herman, a real estate broker, signs an exclusive listing with Otto, a home owner, and
before the house is sold it burns to the ground, how did the employment relationship
terminate, if it did?
a) operation of law
b) revocation of authority
c) none of the above
16. An employer is guilty of ________ where its motivation for termination is discriminatory.
17. ________ was designed to permit employers to discharge employees only for cause.
18. ________ occurs when the work environment had been so intolerable that the employee is
forced to resign.