1. After three years of stellar performance, Roddy has begun to miss deadlines. After missing the third deadline, his human resource manager met with Roddy and gave him his first written warning. In this situation, what is the role of the duty to warn?
a. to make the employer fully aware of the wrongful behaviour
b. to determine whether there is any excuse for this behaviour
c. to argue there is just cause for termination
d. to inform the employee of the consequences of failing to improve
2. What is the term for an employee's deliberate failure to carry out lawful and reasonable orders?
a. willful insolence
b. insubordinate conduct
c. willful disobedience
d. incompatible conduct
3. Fatima has worked as a paralegal with Shep & Shap LLP for 15 years. The firm began to downsize, and Fatima received notice of termination that she considers to be inadequate. What term of reasonable notice would Fatima's lawyer believe she is entitled to receive?
a. 15 months
b. 15 weeks
c. 8 months
d. 8 weeks