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Originally Posted by fredthefisherman
fredthefisherman: are you trying to hook me? One of the primary reasons for "at will" is so a company can layoff people without a legal challenge. And then, of course a union may fight it or if you are under a contract then a dispute will follow the conditions of that contract between employer and employee.
However, if an employer cites the reason for firing someone say as "performance related" then the employee would have an opportunity to hire an attorney and file a wrongful termination lawsuit and demand the employer establish their claim of the employees's poor performance.
I am not an attorney but I worked in Human Resources and had been involved in a number of employment related lawsuits. Bear in mind that employers are always under the threat and guard against claims of discrimination and ensuing lawsuits because of race, gender, etc and so the at will concept appears simple in concept but is much more complicated in its application
I am not an expert but this had been my observation from past experiences
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Thanks for the info Rubicon. For some reason I thought different.