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The Revolution That Wasn't: On The Business As Usual Aspects Of Employment At Will, Sid L. Moller Jan 1993

The Revolution That Wasn't: On The Business As Usual Aspects Of Employment At Will, Sid L. Moller

University of Richmond Law Review

With a pronouncement that has become quite familiar to those who follow employment law, a nineteenth century state court captured the employment at will rule in its pristine form: "An employer can fire an employee for good reason, bad reason or for a reason morally wrong, without incurring any liability."


Employment-Based Preferences Categories: An Effort To Simplify Has Resulted In More Paperwork, Vishwa B. Bhargava Jan 1993

Employment-Based Preferences Categories: An Effort To Simplify Has Resulted In More Paperwork, Vishwa B. Bhargava

University of Richmond Law Review

With the passage of the Immigration Act of 19901 ("the Act"), employment-based and family-sponsored immigration underwent sweeping and dramatic reforms. By implementing new criteria for both these areas of immigration, the Act sought to realize its new policy of strengthening American competitiveness in the global economy and to reinforce its prior policy of favoring family reunification. The Act, which was signed into law by President Bush on November 29, 1990, and went into effect on October 1, 1991, "represents the culmination of a decade-long reform process that began with the Select Commission on Immigration and Refugee Policy in 1979." The …