ASK THE HEADHUNTER New law stops firings, will catch on just ’cause

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New law stops firings, will catch on just 'cause

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Nick’s take on just cause Employers knew it was coming, but they’ve filed lawsuits pretending they can stop it. We’re talking about laws that stop employers from firing employees without cause. This practice has always been unfair and uncivilized. (Attorney Bernie Dietz has explained why employment contracts are desireable.) I think New York City is just the start of this trend — employees can be fired only for “just cause,” not just because. Learn what just cause is because soon it will affect everybody’s job. What’s your take? Should employers be able to fire employees without reason? Or is “just


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Most Americans Can Be Fired for No Reason at Any Time, But a New Law in New York Could Change That


Source: Bloomberg Businessweek

By Josh Eidelson




https://www.asktheheadhunter.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/just-cause.png" alt="just cause" width="300" height="200" />Melody Walker had just finished working the lunch rush at a Chipotle in New York City when her manager walked up and told her, in front of several co-workers, that she was fired. When the 36-year-old single mom asked him for an explanation, he said it was because she wasn't smiling. (This was 2018, pre-masks.)


This is how the U.S. works under at-will employment, a legal standard that allows companies to fire people for almost any reason—and sometimes for no reason at all.

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