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Feb 2024
11m 59s

The Human Resource - "Not A Good Fit?"

ICRC-TV & Pandy Pridemore
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In this episode Pandy reflects on a white paper by Fiona Ong with Shawe Rosenthal LLP on the use of the term "Not a good fit" in terminations. Fiona's guidance shares how the U S Court of Appeals for the fourth circuit sends the message that companies need to be more specific when terminating employees with vague terminology.

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