Arizona Laws to Protect Whistleblowers Employees cannot be discharged or discriminated against for filing a complaint against the company for safety violations that endanger workers. Employees cannot be retaliated against for reporting illegal use of pesticides that could endanger the public.
Written employment contracts are not required. However, many employers use them when hiring for a high-level or professional position. Most written employment contracts will describe the scope and duties of the job in addition to the salary and any other compensation or benefits.
23-1501 - Severability of employment relationships; protection from retaliatory discharges; exclusivity of statutory remedies in employment.
23-1501 - Severability of employment relationships; protection from retaliatory discharges; exclusivity of statutory remedies in employment.
Once the applicant has accepted the job, there is a legally binding contract of employment between the employer and the applicant. The law does not require witnesses or a signature to make it valid.
Under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Arizona civil rights laws, it is illegal to terminate employment based on factors such as race, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, religion, national origin, pregnancy, or genetic information. Employment contract breaches.
If there is no written record of the terms of the employment, it makes it harder to prove the existence of certain terms if action is taken against the employer. The lack of a contract can also prevent the employment relationship being legally binding between both the employer and the employee.
Arizona has some of the most restrictive sentencing laws in the country, with every person who is incarcerated required to serve a minimum 85 percent of his or her sentence— regardless of good behavior. This has resulted in a bloated prison population and massive state prison spending.
Well the answer should be simple and that is that if the applicant was presented with a contract prior to commencement of employment and refused to sign the agreement, then no agreement was reached and the applicant will not work for the employer and cannot be considered to be an employee of the employer.