Marianna has been returning from her lunch break 30 minutes late for the past 2 weeks.When her manager confronts her about it,she points out that everyone,including her manager,takes long lunches and makes up the half hour later in the day.The discipline of Marianna appears to violate which Just Cause test?
A) Upon investigation, was there substantial evidence or proof that the employee was guilty as charged?
B) Was the degree of discipline administered by the company in a particular case reasonably related to the seriousness of the employee's proven offense and the record of the employee's service with the company?
C) Did the company give the employee forewarning or foreknowledge of the possible or probable disciplinary consequences of the employee's conduct?
D) Has the company applied its rules, orders, and penalties evenhandedly and without discrimination to all employees?

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The Just Cause test being violated in this scenario is whether the company has applied its rules, orders, and penalties evenhandedly and without discrimination to all employees. Marianna points out that everyone, including her manager, takes long lunches, which implies that there may be a lack of consistency in enforcing this rule. Therefore, the discipline of Marianna may be considered discriminatory or unevenly enforced, violating the D choice of the Just Cause test.

Marianna Has Been Returning from Her Lunch Break 30 Minutes