Firing Employment at Will and Discharging Termination Claims from Employment Discrimination: A Cooperative Federalism Approach to Improve Employment Law

Authors

William Corbett, Louisiana State University Law CenterFollow

Abstract

The article focuses on employment at will and employment discrimination law-and explores how each encroaches upon and weakens the other. It mentions federal-state cooperative approach to "firing" employment at will and discharging termination claims from the federal employment discrimination laws. It also mentions cooperative federalism approach to improve employment law and basics of a wrongful discharge statute.

Comments

42 Cardozo L. Rev. 2281 (2021)

Keywords

Employment discrimination, Wrongful discharge, Employment at will laws, Dismissal of employees, Cooperative federalism

Date of Authorship for this Version

10-2021

Volume Number

42

Issue Number

6

First Page

2281

Last Page

2344

Repository Citation

William R. Corbett, Firing Employment at Will and Discharging Termination Claims from Employment Discrimination: A Cooperative-Federalism Approach to Improve Employment Law, 42 Cardozo L. Rev. 2281 (2021).