At-Will Employment Debate
The cluster discusses at-will employment in the US, focusing on its voluntary nature, employee and employer rights to terminate without cause, and debates over fairness, exploitation, and confusion with right-to-work laws.
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"it is at-will employment and nobody is being forced to take it."Or you're free to starve, right?
You are not required by law to subject yourself to your employer, or to any employer.
Isn't employment in the US At-Will anyways?
I'm not trying to troll you, but it's a voluntary "denial of justice". No one compels or coerces people to seek employment there. They apply, go through several interviews, and then voluntarily agree to whatever it is they agree to before day #1 of work. As long as people are willing to work there under XYZ conditions, people will continue to work there under XYZ conditions.
Did you confuse at-will employment (employer can fire for any reason) with right to work laws (companies can't have an agreement with a union that forces all employees to join or pay union dues)?
Sounds a lot like at-will employment (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/At-will_employment)
You mean at-will (employment) not right-to-work
I think you mean "at-will", not "right-to-work"
No-one has an obligation to continue working in a bad situation.
Doesn't seem imbalanced to me. I can leave and take my labor to any other company tomorrow without obligations, covenants or restrictions (non-compete agreements notwithstanding). I prefer at-will employment. Perhaps low-skill or low-quality workers feel otherwise, but I'm confident in my ability to gain employment.