Reference no: EM132970959

You are an owner of a restaurant and although the government has loosened some restriction, Covid 19 has taken a huge financial toll on your restaurant business.

Unfortunately, you have decided that you are no longer able to keep some of your employees due to the forced shut down and limited opening of the restaurant.

1) You have decided to terminate Joe, your manager, who has been working at the restaurant for 7 years, due to the fact that business has substantially decreased.

2) You have also decided to terminate your chef Tom, who has been working for you for 5 years, because you caught him selling some of your secret recipes to the restaurant down the street for cash.

3) Your dishwasher Steve, who has been working for you for 3 years, has quit because you reduced the number of shifts he normally receives, from 6 days per week to 2 days per week.

4) You decided to terminate your waitress Alice, because she refused to wear the mandatory uniform for female waitresses, which includes "very short shorts and a tank top."

5) And finally, you have terminated one of your waiters, Jack, who has been at the restaurant for two years, because he has refused to vaccinate himself from the effects of covid 19, although the restaurant has a policy of allowing only double vaccinated employees to work at the restaurant.

Discuss what your obligations are as the owner of your restaurant, and the rights of the employees with respect to these 5 situations. Please answer the questions using the applicable common law, statutes, and remedies discussed in class.