Publications
Publications
- August 2005 (Revised April 2015)
- HBS Case Collection
Employment At Will: A Legal Perspective
By: Lynn S. Paine and Christopher M. Bruner
Abstract
Provides a brief overview of the employment-at-will doctrine, an important concept unique to the U.S. legal system and business landscape. Briefly surveys the history and development of this doctrine and certain limitations and exceptions to it, as well as some of the distinguishing features of the employment termination process in the United States relative to other countries.
Keywords
Business History; Resignation and Termination; Employment; Common Law; Laws and Statutes; Business and Government Relations; United States
Citation
Paine, Lynn S., and Christopher M. Bruner. "Employment At Will: A Legal Perspective." Harvard Business School Background Note 306-036, August 2005. (Revised April 2015.)