law ethics & corp governance

Discuss the following:

As a small-business owner, you are faced with rising costs, particularly employment costs, insurance, and the like. You decide to hire Leo, your good friend to save on these costs and insurance. Leo works for 6 months and wears the business shirt, deals with vendors and customers on the phone, and tells his family that he is the company’s best employee. One day at lunch, Leo heads to 7-11 for a Slurpee and befriends the owner, Dan. Leo makes a deal with Dan to sell your product, Widgets, at the 7-11 in exchange for a free Slurpee every day. The store sells out of Widgets in one day and Dan calls to demand you restock because it is bringing in lots of customers.

Per the text reading, explain agency law and the three type of agency relationships that are created in the workplace. What is the relationship, if any, per agency law in the above scenario and is your company liable to restock the store? What is “scope of employment” and how is it applicable?
Identify and explain the Employment-at-Will Doctrine and all the possible exceptions to the Doctrine. Research a case in your home state (Alabama) of wrongful termination based on an exception in the last two years and explain the facts, the parties, their arguments, the law and the outcome of the case.
Pursuant to the dry-cleaning scenario from (the thread below), if a child becomes sick from pollution, could the family sue the cleaners for negligence? Be sure to explain the law and the reasoning for your answer.

There is a family-owned dry cleaning business operating in a small town. The business has been in business for 10 years and has 3 full-time employees. The business complies with all environmental protection laws which allow for up to 10 “units of pollution per day” to be emitted into the air.

The dry cleaning business sits next to a day care center and all zoning laws were and have been complied with for both businesses. The playground of the day care center, where the kids play, gets the “brunt” of the pollution every business day. The air has the scent of pollution and there is a slight residue that can be seen.

Again, the law is being followed by the dry cleaning business as to the amount of pollution emissions allowed for.

See the link for your home state: https://www.dol.gov/owcp/dfec/regs/compliance/wc.htm

When it comes to safety in the workplace – what is the law?

We look to the Department of Labor and the administrative laws below and generally, employers are required to follow a standard “reasonable duty of care.” This duty can become heightened with the type of job. See the links below:

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

https://www.osha.gov/

Fair Labor Standards Act

https://www.dol.gov/whd/

Office of Worker’s Compensation

https://www.dol.gov/owcp/