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- noun Alternative form of
employment at will .
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Examples
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In states with employment-at-will laws, including yours, where an employer can fire anyone at any time for any lawful reason, you probably wouldn't have a claim of significant value, says Rich Busse, a Portland, Ore., author on employment rights and an attorney who represents employees.
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I have no idea whether, to society as a whole, the cost (to employees) of employment-at-will is more or less than the cost (to employers) of requirements that certain terminations be “for cause”.
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Almost like there is some sort of employment-at-will standard in affect?
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Because of the "employment-at-will" doctrine, employees have no general protection against unfair treatment.
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I'm sorry to report this, but essentially, you haved no recourse if you were employed in an employment-at-will state.
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It is legislation disguised as a way to do away with the employment-at-will tradition, he said.
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Because of the employment-at-will doctrine, an unfair or unjust termination, without more, does not necessarily mean that your employer has done anything illegal.
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The employment-at-will doctrine is that both employer and employee can end the employment relationship at any time without notice or reason.
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I'm sorry to report this, but essentially, you haved no recourse if you were employed in an employment-at-will state.
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The only problem is, Pennsylvania is an employment-at-will state.
Pawatercooler.com MichaelZellner 2009
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