Abstract:
This note explores the recent scrutiny of an employer’s traditional right to discharge an employee for any reason. The author discusses the relatively new judicially-created protections for at-will employees that protect against improper dismissals, and highlights that purely arbitrary dismissals are not covered. The note suggests that requiring dismissal review procedures in which non-managerial employees take part would produce a positive synergy: employees would gain not only protection against arbitrary dismissal, but also a sense of dignity and self-determination that likely would increase productivity.