Memorandum To: CEO From: Insert Name Date: Re: Constructive Discharge Claim I was notified by the corporate attorney about a former employee filing a claim for Constructive Discharge under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Upon notification I did the following research into the position we as a company need to take. How is constructive discharge relevant as a legal concept to the current scenario? At the beginning of this year the company implemented a new work shift policy to
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Memorandum To: CEO From: Manager Date: March 9, 2012 Subject: Constructive Discharge Claim As requested, I have done the initial research on how the company should respond to the plaintiff’s claim of constructive discharge. According to The University of Chicago Law Review (1986), constructive discharge occurs when the working conditions of an employee are so unbearable and discriminatory that any sensible person would quit. The plaintiff must be able to prove two things: (1) that
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filed a constructive discharge claim with the EEOC. Constructive discharge is an illegal discriminatory practice in which an employee is forced to resign because of an alleged unbearable work environment. Constructive discharge as a legal concept is relevant to our situation in that an employee has quit, alleging religious discrimination. There are legal arguments that must be proven by the accuser in order for a constructive discharge charge to be upheld. “To constitute a constructive discharge
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Human Resources, Task1, Constructive discharge A constructive discharge occurs when an employee is legally justified in claiming that he was compelled to resign because the employer has made working conditions intolerable (By Gerard E. Dempsey and Janet N. Petsche August 1, 2006).In this situation, an employee resigns because the employer was unresponsive to a harassment complaint. Complaint is about policy requires employees to work on a religious holy day .In this scenario Discrimination
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5/18/2013 Re: Companies Response to an Ex-Employee’s Claim of Constructive Discharge and the Federal Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Law How is Constructive Discharge Relevant to this Situation? Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 makes it illegal to discriminate against someone on the basis of their race, color, religion, national origin, or sex (Shaker, n.d.). This law provides legal recourse for employees to seek Constructive Discharge for discrimination of their legal rights if they believe
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Subject: Former employee claims constructive discharge under Title VII of The Civil Rights Act of 1964 Dear Mr. Richardson, I would like to present you important facts as a result of my research found regarding Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The plaintiff’s arguments are irrelevant and do not justify his claim against Toys Are Fun. The claim filled out by our former employee using the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to justify constructive discharge, which is generally applied
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Date:22 September 2014 To:Chief Executive Officer From:Robert Willison Subject:Constructive Discharge Background: A former employee has filed a complaint against the company, claiming a violation of the 1964 Civil Rights Act for constructive discharge. Findings: A. How is constructive discharge relevant to this case? The former employee is claiming constructive discharge as a result of the shift change recently implemented. The shift change to 4 12-hour shifts was perceived
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protected. Scenario: During your third week as the elementary division manager at a toy company, the company attorney notifies you that a former employee has filed a case against the company under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, constructive discharge, after a work schedule policy change. The employee, who quit after the policy change took effect, is alleging that the enforcement of the company’s new policy on shift work is discriminatory because the policy requires employees to work on
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Memo To: CEO Toy Company From: Troy Ziegler (Student ID 000300080) Date: July 17, 2014 Subject: Responding to employee claim of constructive discharge under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 A.Constructive discharge, as a legal concept, must first be explained. This legal concept states that even though an employee resigned voluntarily, they were forced to do so by a work environment that was so intolerable a reasonable person would also not be able to continue working for a company
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Memo To: CEO From: Date: 02/21/2013 Subject: Former Employee Constructive Discharge Litigation Background information The company attorney notified me that the former employee filed a claim against the company, citing the violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 for Constructive Discharge. The company’s change of the working plan to a rotating shift system led to the violation of the employee’s rights or religious holiday leading to the litigation. It is in this regard that I
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