{"id":5141,"date":"2016-09-07T21:48:52","date_gmt":"2016-09-07T21:48:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.racinelaw.net\/?p=5141"},"modified":"2016-09-07T21:48:52","modified_gmt":"2016-09-07T21:48:52","slug":"the-truth-about-at-will-employment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racinelaw.net\/blog\/the-truth-about-at-will-employment\/","title":{"rendered":"The Truth About \u201cAt-Will\u201d Employment"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Lane Erickson<\/a>, Attorney<\/p>\n

As I was driving to work one day I saw a bumper sticker on a car that said “At Will Employment Sucks”. Having practiced in employment law for nearly 20 years, I often have clients that misunderstand the at-will employment laws. This particular bumper sticker was a reminder of these misunderstandings.<\/p>\n

“At-will” laws are just another way of saying that the employment of a particular person is without a contract. In Idaho an employment contract can either be in writing or oral, but in order to eliminate the at-will laws the contract must State specifically that it is for a specific period of time. This could be a 6 month, or 1 year or even 5 year period of time. It really doesn’t matter so long as that the time period is stated and is specific.<\/p>\n

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By Lane Erickson, Attorney As I was driving to work one day I saw a bumper sticker on a car that said “At Will Employment Sucks”. Having practiced in employment law for nearly 20 years, I often have clients that misunderstand the at-will employment laws. This particular bumper sticker was a reminder of these misunderstandings. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5141","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nThe Truth About "At-Will" Employment|Racine Olson<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"At will" laws are just another way of saying that the employment of a particular person is without a contract. 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