By now most people are familiar with the term "at will" employment, a concept that means either
Assuming that you haven't used an illegal basis for terminating an employment relationship nor done anything during the relationship to change the at-will status of your employees, the at-will doctrine means what it says. But, in reality, the exceptions to at-will employment can gobble up the rule. And unless you've followed good practices to enable you to defend against termination claims, at-will employment status of your employees will do no more than look good on paper.