Legal Aspects Of Human Resource Management

Legal Aspects of Human Resource ManagementAuthorInstitutionIntroductionToday, employers take many risks in their business operations. It does not matter whether the employers are vast or small employers, hiring and firing of employees has become a fact in businesses. Hiring and firing of employees is increasingly being viewed with a lot of caution because of the uncertainty that regards the rule surrounding the termination of employment. In this assignment, I will discuss the employment at will and exceptions to the employment at will.The doctrine of at will employment is attributed to Horace Wood. The doctrine resulted from a legal treatise known as Master and Servant, in 1877, which Horace Wood described as at will employment. Some scholars argue that the United States did not have the doctrine of at will employment before the introduction of the doctrine by Horace Wood. According to Wood, the doctrine of at will employment combines two vital concepts of employment. The concepts include; when an employee become terminated or leave employment and for what reason an employee can become terminated (Dannin, 2007). At will employment is a doctrine, which defines an employment association, where either party may immediately terminate the association at any