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affect your decision about whether to contest a departing
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Chapter 1
Termination and Discipline
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discretion to fire an employee, the concept also has its
roots in the laws against slavery and indentured
servitude, and the idea that nobody can be compelled to
work for anyone else. In its purest form, either the
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