Kate Connors Case Summary
Kate Connors is commencing a lawsuit against her previous employer, Specialty Detergent, for wrongful dismissal and she is requesting that she should be awarded $500,000 for damages. Kate is 55 years old and has been employed at Specialty Detergent for the past 14 years, where she is one of the three full time sales representatives. During 2012, Kate began treating herself as self employed after gaining consent from the company’s sales manager, Ted Parker, in order to receive deductions on her taxes. Kate continued to receive company health care benefits and a fixed salary of $56,500 per year. On March 18th, Kate was late to work because she was hung over from the previous night; although she had informed Ted that she was late because her car
would not start. Ted overheard Kate’s conversation to the other sale representatives where she admitted to her dishonesty; however he did not immediately address the issue.