BLAW 308 Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: Fair Labor Standards Act, National Labor Relations Act, Employee Retirement Income Security Act
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It"s a safety net so that in case your lose your job you can have some sort of compensation to live on until you find a job. You get it if you are laid off, if you just quit you don"t get it. Constructive discharge you quit because of a difficult/hostile work environment and had no choice; you can get unemployment. Federal law that prevents employer abuse and protects the employees expectations that benefits will be paid if programs are in place. If youre fired a week before your pension because the boss want to avoid getting it you have a case. At will employee: can be fired with or without reason. But if you think your fired because of age ethnicity religion gender then thats illegal. If you have a contract and are fired before term, then youre not an at will employee. Gotta get paid for the remainder of the contract if that happens.
