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2. Dismissal (employment) - Wikipedia

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   Dismissal (employment) An early 20th-century illustration of a university faculty member being "given the boot", slang for a form of involuntary termination. Dismissal (colloquially called firing or sacking) is the termination of employment by an employer against the will of the employee. Though such a decision can be made by an employer for a ...

3. Wrongful dismissal - Wikipedia

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   Wrongful dismissal. In law, wrongful dismissal, also called wrongful termination or wrongful discharge, is a situation in which an employee's contract of employment has been terminated by the employer, where the termination breaches one or more terms of the contract of employment, or a statute provision or rule in employment law. Laws governing ...

4. Termination of employment - Wikipedia

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   Termination of employment. Termination of employment or separation of employment is an employee's departure from a job and the end of an employee's duration with an employer. Termination may be voluntary on the employee's part (resignation), or it may be at the hands of the employer, often in the form of dismissal (firing) or a layoff.

5. At-will employment - Wikipedia

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   At-will employment. 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 ...

6. Constructive dismissal - Wikipedia

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   The phrase "constructive dismissal" describes situations where the employer has not directly fired the employee. Rather the employer has: failed to comply with the contract of employment in a major respect. unilaterally changed the terms of employment, or. expressed a settled intention to do either thus forcing the employee to quit.

7. Just cause (employment law) - Wikipedia

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   Just cause is a common standard in employment law, as a form of job security. When a person is terminated for just cause, it means that they have been terminated for misconduct, or another sufficient reason. [1] A person terminated for just cause is generally not entitled to notice severance, nor unemployment benefits depending on local laws.