Business Law

Read Section 2, which deals with the predominant approach to employment in the United States, which is the employment at will doctrine. While this legal doctrine holds that an employee can be discharged for a good reason, a bad reason, or no reason at all, you will soon see that there are limits to the reasons for which an employer can terminate an employee.

Please read Business Law and the Legal Environment: “Chapter 50: Section 2: Employment at Will” (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. (PDF)