A woman was beaten by a co-worker with whom she was living, resulting in several

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A woman was beaten by a co-worker with whom she was living, resulting in several broken ribs. She filed charges against the co-worker and the co-worker’s conviction for domestic violence was reported in the newspaper. The woman did not report any of this information to her employer, but managers became aware of the situation due to the newspaper account. A workplace violence team investigated, seeking to determine whether the co-worker was dangerous and should be removed from the workplace. On four occasions, they attempted to interview the woman, asking questions regarding her relationship with the co-worker, the domestic violence incident, and her physical and mental health. On each occasion, she became angry and left the interview insisting that this was private information that she did not want to share. The woman was eventually terminated for her failure to cooperate with the workplace violence program. She sued. What should the court decide? Why?

Explanation / Answer

This is quite a complicated issue where a personal and professional situation is being almost mixed and as a result the organizations gets involved in order to gather information regarding the employee who is actually charged of violence against another employee. The plaintiff in this case is interviewed by the organization in order to gather information regarding the defendant but the plaintiff do not want to indulge in such a situation and denies to entertain or participate in any of these conversations, as a result the plaintiff is terminated which is not at all expected because she is not at all charged of anything that is illegal. I believe that the court will decide against the organization because the employee is terminated without violating any non negotiable guidelines and that too because of a reason in which she is not charged of.

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