Abolish Employment At-Will
- by: Denise Gallagher
- recipient: President Barack Obama
The American worker has faced, and continues to face an enormous crisis. We can save Corporate America, and yet shun the American worker? We can assure that Corporations prosper in the face of poor performance and in the name of economic necessity, while the American worker can be fired without a just cause or stated reason?
The Employment At-Will Doctrine dictates that an employee may be fired for good reasons, unethical reasons, or no stated reason at all. And when an employer does not give an employee a reason for termination, what are they trying to hide?
Approximately 60 million American workers are subject to these conditions in the workplace. It is estimated that Two-Million Americans are fired from their jobs every year. And of those Two-Million workers, many workers are unjustly terminated. Due to no fault of their own, Americans can lose their home, their automobile, their health insurance, their good credit rating, their reputation, and their self-esteem.
We need legislation for just cause practices in the workplace where: 1) Employees are made aware of alleged problems in their performance; 2) Employees are able to voice themselves and describe any discrepancies; 3) A progressive discipline approach will be adopted; 4) A valid reason for termination must be given to an employee; and 5) Everyone is eligible for protection under the law -- not just a select few.
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We the Undersigned request the eradication of the Employment At-Will Doctrine, which negatively impacts many American workers.
The Employment At-Will Doctrine dictates that an employee may be fired for good reasons, unethical reasons, or no stated reason at all. And when there is no stated reason given for a termination, what is an employer trying to hide?
There are 60 million American workers subject to Employment At-Will. It is estimated that Two-Million American workers are fired every year. And of those Two-Million workers, it is estimated that 200,000 are fired for unjust reasons. Due to no fault of their own, Americans can lose their home, their automobile, their health insurance, their good credit rating, their reputation, and their self-esteem. It is extremely important to remember that we are talking about real lives here and not simply numbers.
The above-mentioned implications represent another financial crisis that has plagued American citizens for years. Furthermore, Americans are encouraged to pursue higher education and the costs associated with this pursuit are astronomical. If Americans can be fired beyond the confines of their job performance, their professionalism, their education, their experience, and their ethics, how can a person be expected to pay back their student loans if they accumulate them?
The American worker has faced and continues to face an enormous crisis. We can save corporate America, but we can shun the American worker? We can assure that Corporations prosper economically and bail them out in the name of global necessity, while American workers can be fired without a just cause?
We need legislation for just cause practices in the workplace where: 1) Employees are made aware of alleged problems in their performance; 2) Employees are able to voice themselves and describe any discrepancies; 3) A progressive discipline approach will be adopted; 4) A valid reason for termination must be given to an employee; and 5) Everyone is eligible for protection under the law -- not just a select few.
In the sentiments of Martin Luther King, Jr., "This is no time ... to take the tranquilizing drug of gradualism." Do not let hope and change for America end here.
We thank you for your time, attention, and courage in this matter.
For more background on this important issue, please visit:
http://readersupportednews.org/pm-section/30-labor/338-implications-of-an-unethical-doctrine
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