Erosion of the employment-at-will doctrine.
How can employers protect their right to terminate at will? Author Emily A. Joiner (business applications programmer analyst in the human resources area in the management information systems division at Sandia National Laboratories), says that first they must be careful that none of their written (or spoken) policies imply a binding contract that could be used against them in a lawsuit. On a more constructive level, she advocates the establishment of good employee relations programs and in-house grievance procedures that can help keep to a minimum the need to exercise the right to fire.
D004651:Employment; D010559:Personnel Management; D014481:United States