Pretty bad. The legal term for a justifiable resignation is “constructive discharge.” To hold an employer liable for your resignation, the conditions must be so bad that a reasonable person in your position would leave the job. Given how each job situation is unique, there is no checklist that you need to go through to […]
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Virginia is an at-will employment state. Being an at-will employee means that you can be fired for no or any reason (unless the reason is illegal), and you can leave a job for any reason or no reason. But if you have a binding employment contract with your company, there may be language about how
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If a government employer fired an employee because of his or her political views, it would arguably violate the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution. These amendments state that U.S. citizens cannot have their free speech rights violated by the government and that the government cannot deprive citizens of a right or property
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If you’ve lost your job, or if you’re about to lose your job, here are some quick action items. Don’t sign anything. Your employer may offer you a severance agreement. It will likely be three to five pages long. Here’s what the gist of it will be: “If you sign this, we’ll pay some money,
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