1. Respond to the questions following Case 22.3, Terry v. Sapphire Gentlemen's Club on page 729.

In the case Terry v. Sapphire Gentlemen’s Club, the performers filed a case against the club claiming to be employees and therefore required to be paid at least minimum wage under the law. In the end the federal court ruled them as employees and required minimum wage to be paid to the performers. Had the performers had the status of independent contractors, Sapphire would not have to pay them minimum wage. As an independent contractor, the performers would be operating as a separate business entity (Cihon & Castegnera, 2015). Sapphire would have an economic incentive to classify them in this way because if they were considered a separate business they would not have to pay the performers a minimum wage. In addition to this, the court held that the individual “entertainment agreements” between the performers and Sapphire were not definitive of the relationship between the performers and the club. The reason they did not …show more content…
Dow Chemical Company, the plaintiff and another employee were fired for fighting on the company’s premises. The plaintiff sued for wrongful termination claiming he was defending himself and that the state’s public policy favoring victim compensation in cases of violent crime as a cause of action, the state also has common-law rule favoring at-will employment (Cihon, et al., 2015). In this case, the argument for wrongful termination is that he was defending himself, if the other employee has not started the fight he would not have been involved. The arguments against wrongful termination is that he violated company policy by engaging the employee after he began the fight. Under these set of facts, the plaintiff is entitled to receive unemployment compensation, however, his injuries do not warrant workers compensation as he did not need medical attention, therefore, if should not be factored into the wrongful termination