Answer the following questions with respect to non-union employers, that is, employers that do not have a union representing their employees:

An Employer needs to have a just cause, or a good reason, before it can actually terminate an employee.

TrueFalse

It is illegal to fire an employee because they are a Detroit Tigers fan.

TrueFalse

Before an Employer can discharge an employee for being tardy, it must first give at least one warning to the employee.

TrueFalse

It is illegal for an Employer to fire an employee for missing work if they can show that they were in the hospital because of a serious accident, like a car wreck.

TrueFalse

It is legal for an Employer to have a rule prohibiting employees from talking with each other about how much they are paid.

TrueFalse

If two employees, who have worked for an Employer the same amount of time and who have never been disciplined, are together and are equally late for work on one occasion, the Employer must treat them both the same; to do otherwise would be illegal discrimination.

TrueFalse

If an employee believes he/she has been fired unjustly, he/she has a right to file a grievance against the Employer.

TrueFalse

If two women with the same skills and the same years of service have the same job title and are doing the same job, the Employer must pay them the same wage.

TrueFalse

An Employer must give an employee the reason for why he/she was fired so the employee can try to fight it.

TrueFalse

If an employee can prove that he/she was fired because the Employer was playing favorites, the employee can go to the Department of Labor and get his/her job back.

TrueFalse

It is illegal for an Employer to fire an employee for something they do on their own time, away from work, like doing shots at a bar.

TrueFalse

It is illegal discrimination to fire an employee in order to hire a relative into the employee's job.

TrueFalse

It illegal for an Employer to fire an employee because he/she posted something on his/her Facebook totally unrelated to work, like attending a concert during non-work hours.

TrueFalse

It is illegal for an Employer to fire an employee because they "liked" someone else's non-work-related picture or comment on Facebook.

TrueFalse

If an Employer needs to lay off employees for lack of work, it must follow reverse seniority (that is, lay off the newest, or most junior, employee in the job classification first).

TrueFalse