All Posts Tagged With: "at-will employment"
Freedom, Drugs, and the Workplace
Imagine that you work for an employer whom you respect, and you like your job. Then you find out that your employer uses marijuana for a medical condition. On further inquiry, you learn that he uses it completely legally and, as far as you can tell, it doesn’t affect his performance as an employer. Should [...]
1Jul2008 | David R. Henderson | 0 comments | ContinuedThe Legal Assault on Competence and Honesty
In October 1993, when Northwest Airlines announced that it had agreed to rehire pilot Norman Prouse as a ground trainer, a company spokesman acknowledged that “some Northwest employees might be bitter.” The reason: three years earlier, Mr. Prouse, after an all-night drinking binge with the two members of his flying crew, had flown a plane [...]
1Oct1997 | David R. Henderson | 1 comment | ContinuedThe Moral Obligations of Workers
Mr. Tucker is director of research at the Ludwig von Mises Institute, Auburn, Alabama. You hate your boss. Your hours are bad. Your salary is too low, and you haven’t been promoted in years. What’s a worker to do? If you can’t get your way, and just can’t take it anymore, you can quit. In [...]
1May1997 | Jeffrey A. Tucker | 1 comment | Continued-
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