I recently attended an interesting presentation on the obesity epidemic, which used to be an American issue but is more and more becoming a global one. In Japan, for example, companies are required to measure their employees’ waistlines and companies face penalties if their workforce remains over the Japanese national guidelines (of 33.5 inches for men and 35.4 inches for women). This led me to wonder whether Japanese firms would try to fire (or decline to hire) people over those ...
What Does “At Will” Employment Really Mean?
Most folks in Idaho know that generally employees are hired under the “at will” employment rule. Theoretically, this means that an employer can fire someone for (the cliche) “good cause, bad cause, or no cause at all.” It also means that the employee can quit at any time and for any reason. However, lots of people misunderstand how this rule actually plays out in practice. Employers can run into many problems by cavalierly firing employees on the assumption that they are “at will.” And ...
