Eldron has been a faithful worker at the Jampsol Company for over 30 years. One day when he comes to work, he gets called into the supervisor's office and is told that the company has decided to lay off all of its current employees and move the plant to
India. a. Does Eldron have any protections under the common law doctrine of employment at will? Explain. b. Does Eldron have any protections under employment discrimination law? Explain.
a.
Eldron has no protection under the common law doctrine of employment at will. He can be fired or laid off at any time with or without cause.
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b. Eldron has no protection under employment discrimination law either, unless he can prove that he was discriminated against based upon race, color, creed, sex, or national origin. If the decision to close the plant was purely an economic one on the part of the employer, Eldron has no recourse. Eldron has no protection under the law, absent some sort of discrimination and/or some sort of contract provision negotiated by a union or other employee group. However, the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act requires an employer of 100 or more employees to provide 60 days' advance notice of a plant closing or mass layoff.
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