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Fixed-term employment contracts in the United States

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Vincent
AutorThomas C. Kohler
Páginas90-92

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1. Is it possible to subscribe temporary employment contracts in the United States? What is the principle that governs temporary work?

The United States default rule is employment at will. Only a relatively small proportion of the workforce have employment contracts, since the existence of such a contract would change the rules for terminating the relationship from an at will basis to one requiring good cause. Formal employment contracts tend to exist only for the very highly compensated employees, although employees in the United States often will execute agreements to arbitrate all employment disputes, as opposed to pursuing claims in civil courts, as a condition of their employment. The U.S. permits the formation of nearly any sort of arrangement desired by the parties. There are no general restrictions on term of contracts. "Temporary employment" is not a legal category in American employment law.

Because of the "at will" rule, employers can hire on any basis they choose. A great many people work "part time" jobs, where they get only 20 or so hours a week. [This allows the employer to avoid some types of benefit payments, and keeps these...

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