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10Sep

Stick to Your Story: Employer’s Shifting Termination Justifications Can Cause Employer to Have to Explain Its Discharge Decision to a Jury

If you want to avoid potential liability from a former employee, remember a key maxim: Stick to your story about why you made the employment decision. If an employer shifts rationales for its decision or tries to pile on by adding new reasons after...
By: Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
Source Url: https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/stick-to-your-story-employer-s-shifting-52611/

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