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The "At-Will" Employment Myth
Most people think "employment at will" means that their employer can terminate them "for any reason or no reason at all." But employment at will really only means that an employee who does not have a contractual right to a term of employment does not have a contractual expectation to employment on that term. Unfortunately most employers misstate and over-emphasize the doctrine's import to their employees. As a result many employees who have been harmed by their employers incorrectly assume that they have no claim against the employer, "because Ohio is an employment-at-will state." 

But Ohio employees should understand:  The Doctrine of Employment at Will Does Not Allow Ohio Employers To Treat Employees Unlawfully!

Federal and state laws provide employees remedies for their employers' unlawful conduct. In fact, many Ohio employees incorrectly presume that they are "at will" employees, when their employers have failed to clearly establish the same as a condition of their employment.  


Moreover, you may have a written or verbal employment contract or job offer that precludes evocation of the doctrine of employment at will. Alternatively, your employer may have made verbal or written promises to you that are inconsistent with employment at will.

Before employees assume that they are barred from seeking remedy for their employer's misconduct by at-will employment they should consult an Ohio employment attorney to assess the value of their potential claims.


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Tod is admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of Ohio, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District Of Ohio, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, and the Supreme Court of the United States. He is a member of the Cincinnati and Toledo Bar Associations, the National Employment Lawyers Association, the Ohio Employment Lawyers Association, the Cincinnati Employment Lawyers Association, and is a 2014 graduate of the Trial Lawyers College.

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