An implied contract is created when all the circumstances of the employment, including the statements and/or actions of the employer, lead a “reasonable” employee to believe that he or she can no longer be fired “at will” and that the employer must instea

“Good cause” exists when the employer has a good faith business reason for discharging the employee, such as a layoff for economic reasons or termination of the employee for poor performance.

Yes, in many situations. The general rule in California is that employees are considered to employed “at will,” meaning that they may be fired at any time by their employers, for any reason or for no reason at all. However, there are important exceptions

If your employer has filed for bankruptcy, it means the company has asked the court to help it either plan a repayment schedule or sell off all its property and use the money to pay off the creditors. Each individual employee of a bankrupt business is giv