We have been contacted by the amusement park that terminated Dick Greyson\'s emp

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We have been contacted by the amusement park that terminated Dick Greyson's employment. We have been asked to identify the potential legal issues or areas of risk involved in this case and assist in the investigation. Please identify all the potential local, state and federal issues that may result in liability for “Five Flags" Entertainment- a local amusement park and resort. In addition, please propose solutions/recommendations to those areas that may need additional safeguards in the future, policy changes or affirmative defenses for this or future litigation. Please utilize all relevant and appropriate current law! You have one week to complete your research and report back on your findings. Your assignment is due next Wednesday, March 7,2018. I will be unavailable for questions, so do your best. * The following information was obtained during a recent client intervievw Dick Greyson (a 40-year-old Native-American male) has been employed with "Five Flags" or FF for over twenty years as an actor/character for the theme park. He has played many minor roles (including Super Macho, Bags the Bunney and Daffy Dawg) but for the last eight years he has had the privilege ofplaying BatGuy - a very prominent character at FF. In fact, one that FF has developed an entire section of their theme park around. In his role he lives and breathes the character so that guests can experience live interactions with the character and experience submersion into the world of BatGuy! (a St. Louis based company with headquarters in Chicago, Illinois) employs over 2,000 employees and be rehired in preparation for the peak season. FF's season run December 1. All employees are represented by their local union FF each season, but requires that all employees be released in the off season and reapply s from March 1 through FF has recently become concerned that their brand is being compromised be characters are not as authentic to their cartoon counterparts as they would like. In an effort to reclaim this authenticity they have communicated to employees via interoffice email a policy modification requiring some character "changes" and that employees should stick to script and cause some of the

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The decision to terminate an individuals’ employment involves the risk of a possible legal challenge. The employer may face possible discrimination case. Terminated employee could claim that their former employer defamed them by making false, disparaging comments about them to coworkers or other parties. The human rights code provides protection for all employees against discrimination during employment as well as upon termination. In this case it was discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and that was false. Federal laws protect employees from being fired or otherwise discriminated against.Greyson would have a valid claim for wrongful termination on the basis of discrimination.

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