At Will Employment and hiring work the same way if the owner doesn't like you they don't have to hire you as long their is no discrimination involved.
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In
United States labor law,
at-will employment is an employer's ability to
dismiss an employee for any reason (that is, without having to establish "
just cause" for
termination), and without warning,
[1] as long as the reason is not illegal (e.g. firing because of the employee's gender, sexual orientation, race, religion, or disability status). When an employee is acknowledged as being hired "at will", courts deny the employee any claim for loss resulting from the dismissal. The rule is justified by its proponents on the basis that an employee may be similarly entitled to leave their job without reason or warning.
[2] The practice is seen as unjust by those who view the employment relationship as characterized by
inequality of bargaining power.
[3]
At-will employment gradually became the default rule under the
common law of the
employment contract in most U.S. states during the late 19th century, and was endorsed by the
U.S. Supreme Court during the
Lochner era, when members of the U.S. judiciary consciously sought to prevent government regulation of
labor markets.
[4] Over the 20th century, many states modified the rule by adding an increasing number of exceptions, or by changing the default expectations in the employment contract altogether. In workplaces with a
trade union recognized for purposes of
collective bargaining, and in many
public sector jobs, the normal standard for dismissal is that the employer must have a "just cause". Otherwise, subject to statutory rights (particularly the
discrimination prohibitions under the
Civil Rights Act), most states adhere to the general principle that employer and employee may contract for the dismissal protection they choose.
[5] At-will employment remains controversial, and remains a central topic of debate in the study of
law and economics, especially with regard to the macroeconomic efficiency of allowing employers to summarily and arbitrarily terminate employees.
Definition[edit]
At-will employment is generally described as follows: "any hiring is presumed to be 'at will'; that is, the employer is free to discharge individuals 'for good cause, or bad cause, or no cause at all,' and the employee is equally free to quit, strike, or otherwise cease work."
[6] In an October 2000 decision largely reaffirming employers' rights under the at-will doctrine, the
Supreme Court of California explained:
