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Assignment 1: Employment-At-Will Doctrine
Dayene L. Candeia Severiano
LEG500– Law, Ethics & Corp. Governance
04/28/2013
Dr. Charles Fleming

As a manager and supervisor of an accounting department, discuss the following issues related to the employment-at-will doctrine and liability of an employer based on actions and responses to the employee’s behavior and actions. Jennifer, a recent graduate, has recently been hired by your accounting firm out of college. Upon being hired, she engages in a number of different behaviors that need your attention.

1. Describe what steps you would take to address the following scenario involving skills, competence, and abilities: * The employee seems to be unable to learn the computer applications that are basic to her job responsibilities, but, consistently “tells” her boss that she is “a good worker and a genius” and that he does not “appreciate her”. Even after a few months of training and support, she is unable to use the computer tools to be productive and efficient in completing the required tasks.

The employee was hired for the specific position which requires the use of the computer applications to complete the required tasks. However, there is obviously a mismatch between her skills and the required work for that position. The computer applications are basic to her job which means that if she really was “a good worker and a genius” she would be able to learn quickly and apply that knowledge and those skills to the job. The computer applications could be very complicated and difficult to master, but the word “basic” implies the contrary. A few months of training and support should be enough for a “genius” to learn basic tasks but Jennifer, the employee, still hasn’t learned to use the computer tools to be productive and efficient. Therefore, as a manager, I could either reassign her to a