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Second, an employer can be found liable for negligent hiring even without provision of any dangerous instrument to the employee. However, where an employer hires an unqualified person to engage in the use of a dangerous instrumentality, as in the above example with the bus driver, the employer may be liable for both negligent entrustment and ...
Just cause can become controversial in instances when the employer's personnel policies do not address a specific act but the employer believes that just cause exists. For example, if an employee is arrested and charged with a misdemeanor, the employer may deem that sufficient cause for dismissal, even if the employee is not incarcerated or ...
Image credits: Suwi #7. I was working at a daily newspaper and going to law school at night. My immediate boss resented this and kept changing my work schedule to try to mess up my schooling.
Employers must report the incomes of employees and independent contractors using the IRS forms W-2 and 1099, respectively. Employers pay various taxes (i.e. Social Security and Medicare taxes, unemployment taxes, etc.) on the wages of a worker that is classified as an employee. These taxes are generally not paid by the employer on the ...
For example, it need not matter that an employer classifies a relationship as one of independent contractor, if all the other factors represent a relationship of employee. [10] Historical tests centered around finding control between a supposed employer and an employee, in a form of master and servant relationship. [11]
For example, the terms of an employee manual may support an employee's claim that the employer must follow a defined disciplinary process prior to termination. Public policy : In many states it is possible to argue that the employer's reasons for terminating an employee, although not in violation of a statute, violated the state's public policy ...
A grievance is an official complaint by an employee about an employer's actions believed to be wrong or unfair. The grievance starts a timer that usually prohibits the employer from taking negative action against the employee (and union steward). For example, a whistleblower complaint prohibits negative employer action for 90 to 180 days.
However, the lone employee’s colleagues went on to inform him that he was on the wrong route and instructed him to hike back up to the summit to get to the correct trail down, officials said.