Uriah Heep Case Summary

Uriah Heep is an accountant for the City of Boca Grande. He has been employed for a full seven years and has an excellent record. Two months ago, Mr. Heep’s supervisor learned from some of Uriah’s employees that Uriah works weekends as an exotic dancer at a local nightclub. Unfortunately Mr. Heep, he was fired for “engaging in activities that could discredit the City.” He then took the action and liberty of sueing to get his job back. This is a complex case with several laws and exceptions that need to be analyzed. Should the plantiff Uriah Heep sue and get his job back or was it the right action for the City of Boca Grande to terminate his accounting position?
The plaintiff Uriah Heep has several different reasoning’s as for why his discharge
An at-will employee is an employee who does not have employment contacts (Textbook, Pg. 415). Under the common law, an at-will employee can be discharged by and employer at any given time for any reason. Now, an employee who has been wrongfully discharged can sue the employer for damages and other remedies such as reinstatement in Mr. Heep’s case. The Case study doesn’t provide very detailed information on the case so I am going to look at this from several perspectives. It is very clear that Uriah Heep has been on payroll and is a documented worker for the City of Boca Grande. He pays taxes and benefits from full time employment. His weekend shifts at the nightclub may or may not be documented. He may be working there for cash and may have signed no documents. This can be seen as if he is not even employed at the nightclub. There is no evidence; the only evidence was by mouth from other employees. This could be a personal attack on Uriah Heep, which resulted in
I also believe in the theory of utilitarianism. This can be described as the following: “Persons choose the alternative that would provide the greatest to good and society.” (Textbook, pg 190). The plaintiff, Uriah Heep is guilty and will not be reinstated as an accountant for the City of Grande Boca unless there is evidence that he was never a dancer at the nightclub. If the case was that he signed an employment contract, he scorned the contract and put the city of Grande Boca in jeopardy. If we has an at-will employee, the common law states, an at-will employee can be discharged by an employer at any time for any reason. To put the law aside, Mr. Heep’s job is a very serious job that must be performed in that fashion. It was his decision to jeopardize his position as an accountant and dance at an adult club. The common law and Title Vll of the Civil Rights Act both support the defendant to prevail this