1. Amir worked at a grocery store for four years in a non-unionenvironment. He had just started his shift one day when acustomer flagged him down, relating to him that an old lady’s pursehad just been taken from her. Amir looked up to see a manrunning across the parking lot with a purse in his hand. Amir, who works as a volunteer firefighter, ran after the man,caught the man, and grabbed him from behind and held himdown. He was able to get the purse back but as he called thepolice the man got up and ran away. The police did eventuallyarrest the perpetrator but once the grocery store manager learnedof Amir’s actions, he was fired.

Amir asks your advice as to his employment status and if thereis any legal basis for getting his job back. Based on thecases we have reviewed, what is most likely Amir’s employmentstatus and what arguments could he possibly make to keep hisjob?