Fernando, a manager at a top engineering company, believes he can hire a few employees by promising them job security and later terminating them if business slows down. On what grounds could such a termination be considered a wrongful discharge?

A) Desperate times call for desperate measures.
B) The terminations deviate from the promise of job security in the work agreement.
C) The company overpaid the terminated employees.
D) The company has policies for handling misbehavior.
E) The company is under financial constraints and, at times, has to have employee layoffs.

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Mazia Abid Ali · Accepted Answer

Final Answer : B, Explanation :  Promising job security and then terminating employees when business slows down deviates from the promise made in the work agreement, which may lead to a wrongful discharge claim. The other options do not address the issue of promised job security and wrongful discharge.

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