I need a discussion post on the following Mr. Con Fused has been an employee at

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I need a discussion post on the following

Mr. Con Fused has been an employee at Regional Hospital for the past five years. His employment there was recently terminated. The reason for the termination was: Inability to follow instructions. However, Regional has adopted an "at-will" policy. So in reality, no reason has to be given for the termination. Never the less, Mr. Fused was very upset at his termination....so upset, that he went to the media with his story.

Now you work for a public advocacy group that has decided to help Mr. Fused. You hold a news conference in response to the hospital's news conference. What flaws do you find in the hospital's position? Why is "at-will" wrong for the medical industry? Be sure to read through posts of your fellow students, then select the "hospital" post that interests you the most.

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Mr. Fused has been working at Reginal Hospital for five years and for five years it has not been going well. I am sure he has been written up in the past or they have sat him down a few times. At-Will is the same as Right-to-Work, they are able to get rid of you anytime for any reason. It is justifiable for Regional Hospital to abide by the at-will policy when it comes to the medical industry and Fused going to the media is very bad for him because that will affect his future employment, an employer will have a hard time trusting him in the company. The future employer would ask themselves if he will run to the media so quick, what will he do if we hire him and if after five years he was let go, how will his work ethic be with us. If Regional Hospital had told him the reason for his termination, Mr. Fused maybe able to use it against them.

http://www.alllaw.com/articles/employment/article21.asp

https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/employment-at-will-definition-30022.html

Explanation / Answer

At Will---To protect their right to fire at will, many employers ask job applicants and new employees to sign a written statement agreeing that they are (or will be) employed at will. This appears in an employment application, an employment contract or offer letter that the employer asks you to sign and return, an acknowledgment form for an employee handbook.

It is not wise to sign at-will agreement if someone relied on employer's promises of continued employment at start of a job. If any employer promised, during the hiring process, that it would give you an extension or a new job and that you would not be fired during that time. Such a promise if influenced the decision to take the job, then is is not wise to sign an at-will agreement contradicting the promise because every court will treat a signed at-will agreement as the final word on the subject what ever the employer said earlier as there is no proof of earlier commitment betwenn an employee and his employer.

There are no flaws in the hospital's position as everything was well informed to Mr. Fuse by the hospital at the time of joining. It was Mr. Fuse, who agreed and signed at-will agreement 5 years back and no he can not claim to know the reason to fire him.

But it is not good for any industry specially the medical industry because of the simple fact that the employee always work in a way to please his boss, to make him happy and this could lead to the compromise with the honest approach at work. Also It is almost impossible for senior managers to hear about problems with junior managers, supervisors in the organization. Why would any employee speak up about poor leadership. Moreover in a medical industry the focus should be on job not to save the job as someones life may at stake.

So company should set higher standard for employee discipline and termination. The hospital mustshow employees that merely speaking up or having a different opinion from their boss will not get them in trouble, the more trust will grow in your organization.

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