Home Depot Employee Benefits

Home Depot Employee Benefits

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Summary of the Cases

The first case is against an employee Gunderson working at JMI agency owned by Brown Corporation . It is d by Brown on account of the defendant 's violation of the employee agreement by joining a competing company after working there continuously for seven months and soliciting and servicing Brown 's customers and disclosing confidential information The summary judgment was made

in favor of the defendant because an employment of seven months is not enough under Illinois law to support the limiting agreement (Findlaw , 2008

The second case is against an employee Robert M . Bono working at Chicago Transit Board who was discharged from his job on account of misconduct by calling a customer while working though his job duties did not require calling any customers . The call was personal and social in nature involving a sexual joke . The court affirmed the decision of Chicago Transit Board as being reasonable and appropriate (Findlaw 2008

Issues

The issue being discussed in the first case is the claim by the parent company of breach of contract by the employee . But since the employment period of Gunderson was only seven months so according to Illinois law no charges can be made against him

In the second case , the issue discussed is of an employee misbehaving with a customer on telephone and making personal use of the phone though he is not allowed to do so . Therefore , he dismissed by the company

Implications for Home Depot

At Home Depot , each employee should be clearly told of his /her duties and the consequences of not acting accordingly . Secondly , the employee contract at Home Depot should specify clearly all the terms and conditions specially the time period after which he can be accused of the violation of the contract

Conclusion

Through the analysis of the above cases , I learned that minor mistakes by an employee can result into big troubles and court procedures Therefore , one should remain cautious every time while working on his job

REFERENCES

Chambers , John H (1999 .Employment Contracts . Jordan Journal (2008 . Brown and Brown , Inc . v . Mudron . Retrieved May 23 , 2008 , from FindLaw Web site http /caselaw .lp .findlaw .com /scripts /viewcase .pl ?court illappellate sub ject Labor 26 Employment Law casenum party date1 date3 date2 searc h Search

Tierney , Ted (2007 . Independent Contracts . Retrieved May 23 , 2008 , from Vedder Price Web site http /www .vedderprice .com /index .cfm /fuseaction /pub .detail /object_id /c1d 894d3-ee-2a69488f9269 /AreYourIndependentContractorsReallyInd ependent .cfm (2008 . Bono v . Chicago Transit Auth . Retrieved May 23 , 2008 , from FindLaw Web site http /caselaw .lp .findlaw .com /scripts /viewcase .pl ?court illappellate sub ject Labor 26 Employment Law casenum party date1 date3 date2 searc h Search

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