Getting Fired for No Good Reason – Whats Up With That?
Many states, including Texas, subscribed to the basic principle that an employer should have the right to fire someone for “good cause, bad cause or no cause at all.” This principle is called “at will employment.’ Many times it seems unfair to the employee, particularly in a bad economy where finding another job can be quite difficult, but it is based on the principles of freedom and liberty. In particular, for a small company it can make a lot of sense. Each employee is a critical but expensive resource. Employers need flexibility to adjust their payroll as necessary to meet their business needs and sometimes that might mean firing someone for reasons that others may not appreciate. Imagine you are a one person business and you hire one person. While the person does a reasonable job, you simply do not like and do not get along with that person. In short, your personalities clash. As the owner of the business you are miserable “going to work” because you are being forced to work with a
