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Any employment relationship between the Grand Prize Winner and the Sponsor will be at-will and there is no guarantee of continued employment with the Sponsor for any duration of time.
Joe Jr. Contest Rules Rebecca Harrington 2011
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Every job I have worked at post my employment at BOCES for NY State has been “at-will” employment.
Matthew Yglesias » Steele: Cops, Firefighters, Soldiers, Postmen, Teachers All Secretly Unemployed 2009
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North Carolina is one of seven "at-will employment" states that allow businesses to discharge employees for any cause at all without liability, so employers have fewer barriers from downsizing.
InvestingAnswers: 10 U.S. States With the Highest Unemployment Rates InvestingAnswers 2011
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Any employment relationship between the Grand Prize Winner and the Sponsor will be at-will and there is no guarantee of continued employment with the Sponsor for any duration of time.
Joe Jr. Contest Rules Rebecca Harrington 2011
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North Carolina is one of seven "at-will employment" states that allow businesses to discharge employees for any cause at all without liability, so employers have fewer barriers from downsizing.
InvestingAnswers: 10 U.S. States With the Highest Unemployment Rates InvestingAnswers 2011
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I have a tolerance for a system that isn't 100 percent perfect because I have a stick if I need it -- at-will employment.
Tom Vander Ark: How to Pay Teachers Tom Vander Ark 2011
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But what makes this possible isn't merely (or even primarily) their at-will employment: it's their longer instructional days and years, airtight cultures, clear and rigorous curricula, and common instructional missions.
Paras Bhayani: Waiting for a Fair Shake: The One Sidedness of 'Waiting for Superman' Paras Bhayani 2010
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But what makes this possible isn't merely (or even primarily) their at-will employment: it's their longer instructional days and years, airtight cultures, clear and rigorous curricula, and common instructional missions.
Paras Bhayani: Waiting for a Fair Shake: The One Sidedness of 'Waiting for Superman' Paras Bhayani 2010
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He can do electric at-will zappies, a big blast once per day, has electricity resistance, etc.
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I am an at-will employee, and they are focused on preserving funding for the university.
Career-ending videos of professors are unfairly edited, university officials say 2011
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