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Can he get fired?
I am seeing someone who is employed by the college I study at, He is 21 and I
am 18. He has no contact with students and works nights and weekends
when I am not there and attends uni classes twice a week. We approached
HR from the start and they said it was fine until the principal decided they
weren’t happy about it because college rules claim I have to be over the age
of 19. They are now discussing dismissing him and putting it on his record so
he could never become a teacher, surely they can’t as no laws have been
broken? We have said now that we won’t see each other and that’s on the
record but is there grounds for him to get fired?
Asked on January 30, 2017 under Employment Labor Law, Maine
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 7 years ago | Contributor
There are *always* grounds to be fired unless and only if there is a written employment contract limiting the reasons for termination. Otherwise, except as specifically limited by a written employment contract, all employment is "employment at will." This means that employment is literally at the "will," or free choice, of the employer, and an employer can choose to terminate an employee at any time, for any reason whatsoever. Employees without contracts have no rights to their jobs, and those jobs may be taken away whenever the employer wants.
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