University of Phoenix Material NewCorp Legal Scenarios The following legal encounters involve NewCorp, your employer. You are required to provide a brief answer to questions asked at the end of each encounter. Your supervisor expects a substantive answer, not a recommendation to refer matters to an attorney. Your supervisor does not want to spend money on legal advice until after you provide an assessment. Legal Encounter 1 NewCorp hired Pat as manager of real property in Vermont. This
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NewCorp Scenarios Legal Brief LAW 531 April 16, 2012 NewCorp Scenarios Legal Brief Question 1: What liabilities and rights do NewCorp and Pat have in this situation? What legal principles, such as statutory or case law, support those liabilities and rights? Answer: State of Vermont is an “at-will” employment state. The definition of “at-will” means the employer or employee can terminate the contract at any time without liability to other party. This gives NewCorp the right to fire, hire
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NewCorp Scenarios Legal Brief Many organizations in the United States of America do not have the budget for staff counsel within their company. NewCorp is a business that has found themselves in legal matters and is seeking an assessment on ways to handle these circumstances from a consultant in the organization before refering matters to an attorney and incur costs. This assignment reviews three scenarios involving NewCorp. We will examine liabilities the organization and complainant are subject
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Allen NewCorp Legal Scenarios 4/2/2012 Trina Eaddy Many legal issues can occur when hiring a new employee and not giving them all the information that is required by law. All information needs to be in clear detail and must be understood by the new employee. When a manager presents the information clearly, he or she is helping to prevent legal issues in the future. In this paper I will be talking about three different legal encounters. In each scenario I will be talking about what legal issues
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NewCorp legal issues NewCorp does not have an in-house legal counsel and utilizes Team B staff members to serve as associate legal counsel. Primary responsibilities include advising and recommending courses of action to management covering a range of legal encounter scenarios. Team B members analyze each scenario and provide management with associated legal principles, potential liability concerns, and courses of action. During the past week the Team has received three scenarios and management
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Legal Encounters Legal Encounters In week five Team C examined three scenarios in which a company, NewCorp may or may not have done something illegal. The scenarios were examined and the results written to be handed to management to make a decision on a course of action. The team was responsible for providing management of any potential breaches of law that may have occurred. Legal Encounter One Pat has the right to ask for the reason he is being let go. However, NewCorp
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NewCorp Scenarios Legal Brief Adriana Astte Carolina Mercado Liliana Mejia Rodriguez LAWP/531 March 28, 2013 Professor Ken Marc NewCorp Scenarios Legal Brief Legal Encounter 1 What liabilities and rights do NewCorp and Pat have in this situation? What legal principles, such as statutory or case law, support those liabilities and rights? Liabilities include: wrongful termination, a breach of contract, and freedom of speech violation. Issue: NewCorp fired Pat without notice of unsatisfactory
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Legal Risk and Opportunity in Employment Tester Pester LAW/531 November 7, 2010 Lame Duck Abstract This paper analyzes the legal principles and remedies behind the three scenarios described in the simulation. Legal Risk and Opportunity in Employment Legal Encounter One NewCorp hired Pat Grey as a property manager. NewCorp fired Pat after three months. Pat thinks it is not related to performance but other outside issues. NewCorp maintains that it is not working out with Pat, so he is
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Legal Risk and Opportunity in Employment Tester Pester LAW/531 November 7, 2010 Lame Duck Abstract This paper analyzes the legal principles and remedies behind the three scenarios described in the simulation. Legal Risk and Opportunity in Employment Legal Encounter One NewCorp hired Pat Grey as a property manager. NewCorp fired Pat after three months. Pat thinks it is not related to performance but other outside issues. NewCorp maintains that it is not working out with Pat, so he is
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NewCorp Legal Scenarios Employment laws and regulation are created to protect the rights of employers and employees. The relation between employer and employee creates a variety risks that affects both parties. Businesses have to analyze the consequences of dismissing an employee, and take the appropriate measures to prevent legal issues; however, some agents are not aware of employment regulations and make decisions that violate the rights of employees, which create big risks for the organization
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