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The More Things Change, The More They Stay The Same: The Employment-At-Will Doctrine In Texas, Bonita K. Roberts
The More Things Change, The More They Stay The Same: The Employment-At-Will Doctrine In Texas, Bonita K. Roberts
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The Texas Legislature should reject the employment-at-will doctrine in Texas. A carefully crafted new law could be created through the assessment of both the Montana Wrongful Discharge from Employment Act and the Model Employment Termination Act (“META”), approved by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Law. Texas recognizes common-law and statutory exceptions to the employment-at-will doctrine. However, the statutory and common-law exceptions to the employment-at-will doctrine do not swallow the rule; instead, they constitute random, narrow efforts affording employees few protections while requiring employers to defend their decisions on a costly, piecemeal basis.
The Montana Employment Act protects …