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HRCI SPHR Exam - Topic 6 Question 23 Discussion

Actual exam question for HRCI's SPHR exam
Question #: 23
Topic #: 6
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An employee has resigned. During the exit interview, the employee tells HR that the reason for the resignation is that for the last 3 months the supervisor has been hostile, refused to provide instructions on work assignments, given the employee all the most unpleasant tasks in the department, and verbally reprimanded the employee in front of co-workers and customers. The employee may have a cause of legal action based on which of the following?

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Suggested Answer: C

Answer option C is correct.

Constructive discharge occurs when the employer forces an employee to resign by creating a work environment that is so unpleasant a reasonable person would resign. The duty of good faith and fair dealing (B) applies to contracts, requiring both parties to act in a fair and honest manner with each other to ensure that benefits of the contract are realized. Promissory estoppel (D) occurs when an employer entices an employee to take an action by promising a reward but then does not follow through on the reward. Fraudulent misrepresentation (A) occurs when an employer makes untrue promises or claims to a candidate.

Chapter: Employee and Labor Relations

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Fairy
4 months ago
I think the employer's duty of good faith applies too, but constructive discharge seems stronger.
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Irma
4 months ago
Wow, that’s really harsh treatment. Definitely a legal issue here.
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Gregg
4 months ago
I’m not so sure about that, could it be just a personality clash?
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Lili
4 months ago
Totally agree, the supervisor's behavior is unacceptable!
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Micaela
5 months ago
Sounds like a classic case of constructive discharge.
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Omer
5 months ago
I'm a bit confused about the options. I thought promissory estoppel was more about promises made during hiring, not really about hostile work environments.
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Willard
5 months ago
I remember practicing a similar question where the focus was on the employer's duty of good faith. It seems relevant here too, but I feel like constructive discharge fits better.
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Micah
5 months ago
I think this situation might relate to constructive discharge, but I'm not entirely sure if the employee's experience qualifies.
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Brande
5 months ago
I definitely recall that constructive discharge means the employee felt they had no choice but to resign due to the hostile conditions. That seems to be the strongest case here.
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King
5 months ago
Okay, I think I've got a plan. I'll create a calculated column that checks the Status column and returns the Store Name if the store is active, or a blank value if it's not.
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Lashaunda
5 months ago
I'm a bit confused here. The question mentions a "dry run" but then asks about the threshold for the actual deduplication. I'm not sure if the dry run threshold is the same as the actual deduplication threshold. I'll have to think about this one a bit more.
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Marya
5 months ago
I keep getting mixed up between single-site and multi-site options. I guess I need to think about scalability in this scenario.
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