Operations Management And Factors Affecting Productivity

Effects of Employment-at-Will on Employee DisciplineStudent NameInstitutional AffiliationCOURSE####:Course TitleInstructor NameDue DateEffects of Employment-at-Will on Employee DisciplineQuestion 1: To what extent is employment-at-will an issue in discipline cases in nonunion companiesEmployment-at-will means that either the employee or the employer has a right to terminate the employment contract any time during its subsistence for any legal reason or no reason (Holley & Jennings, 2012). At-will contracts give the nonunion company the authority to change the core terms of the employment without notice and no consequences (Holley & Jennings, 2012). Discipline cases often involve the employee not adhering toa nonunion company’s policies, rules, and regulations (Holley & Jennings, 2012). Under employment-at-will approach, the employees are often left vulnerable to arbitrary work schedules and sudden dismissals for failing to adhere to newly introduced terms of employment. The lack of clearly defined terms of employment among nonunionized employees makes discipline cases a big issue because they often lead to dismissals as long as the company can prove that they acted lawfully, the termination was not against public policy and implied terms of the employment contract as well as the implied covenant of good