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The Tennessee Supreme Court Reaffirms Tennessee’s Adherence to the Employment-at-Will Doctrine

Chartwell Law on 4/1/2025

In a landmark decision, the Supreme Court of Tennessee recently ruled in Heather Smith v. BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee that the right to petition in Article I, Section 23 of the Tennessee Constitution does not provide a...more

Houston Methodist Hospital Loses 153 Employees Over Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccination Policy

Fox Rothschild LLP on 6/30/2021

Approximately ten days after the first federal court decision in the country about mandatory-COVID-19 vaccinations by an employer, Bridges v. Houston Methodist Hospital (the “Hospital”), 153 of the Hospital’s employees were...more

International Challenges to Dismissing Employees During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Epstein Becker & Green on 9/22/2020

Outside of the United States, terminating employees can be difficult even in “normal” times. The concept of “at-will” employment is uniquely American, and generally, employers in non-US jurisdictions only may terminate...more

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The Tennessee Supreme Court Reaffirms Tennessee’s Adherence to the Employment-at-Will Doctrine

Houston Methodist Hospital Loses 153 Employees Over Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccination Policy

International Challenges to Dismissing Employees During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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