At-Will Employment, Employer Liability Issues, Employee Rights

At-Will Doctrine Still Applies to Disciplinary Action Following Employer Investigations

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP on 6/20/2025

Here is a common scenario faced by human resources professionals: An employee complains about unprofessional and bullying behavior by a coworker. After interviewing the two employees and other workers, the employer cannot...more

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Finds that Employees Cannot be Terminated Merely for Filing a Rebuttal to a Personnel Record

Morgan, Brown & Joy, LLP on 1/3/2022

On December 17, 2021, Meehan v. Medical Information Technology, Inc., the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts (“SJC”) held that an employee’s filing a rebuttal to information placed in their personnel file that could...more

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Rules in Favor of Worker Fired for Rebutting Negative Performance Improvement Plan

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 12/23/2021

On December 17, 2021, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) ruled that an employee discharged for submitting a written rebuttal to his employer in response to the placement of negative information in his personnel...more

HR Law 101 Ep. 9: How Does USERRA Apply To Your Company?

Verrill on 6/12/2019

The Uniform Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994, also known as USERRA, has multiple responsibilities for employers and employees. In this episode of HR Law 101, attorney Tawny Alvarez will highlight a few...more

Update: The NLRB and Employment-At-Will Policies in 2014

Bond Schoeneck & King PLLC on 7/22/2014

We originally addressed this topic on November 9, 2012, discussing the National Labor Relations Board’s scrutiny of employer handbooks containing employment-at-will provisions. Since these disclaimers are widely used in...more

Illinois Court Of Appeals: Non-Competes Unenforceable Without At Least Two Years Of Continued Employment

Stinson LLP on 4/28/2014

In Fifield v. Premier Dealer Services, Inc., the Illinois Court of Appeals covering Chicago held that as a matter of law, an at-will employee must remain employed for at least two years to receive consideration sufficient to...more

Minnesota Supreme Court Refuses to Expand Exception to Employment-at-Will Doctrine

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 1/10/2014

The Minnesota Supreme Court rang in 2014 with an employer-friendly decision on the at-will employment rule. On January 2, in Dukowitz v. Hannon Security Services (No. A11-1481), the state’s highest court held that the...more

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