Alice is a 55-year-old program developer who works at Acute Health Care. She is responsible for developing training programs for the company. Her supervisor has said to her, "Isn’t it about time for you to retire?" and then added, "You really can’t understand the Millennials and how they work on computers – you won’t be able to get these programs right." After these remarks, Alice inflated her travel expenses and was fired because lying on expense forms is a fireable offense under the company’s handbook. Alice has filed suit for discrimination. What is Acute’s best defense?
A) That age remarks are not a form of discrimination.
B) That Alice was fired for cause.
C) Acute has no defense because the supervisor's comments were per se discriminatory.
D) Acute cannot use something that happened after the discrimination as a defense, so the travel expense problem is not a defense.
Answer: B) That Alice was fired for cause.
Explanation:
Termination for cause occurs when an employee's actions in the workplace, interactions with their coworkers, interaction with their manager, or ways in which they treat a customer or vendor are so egregious that they require employment termination—sometimes immediately.
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