Legal Question in Business Law in Wisconsin

Termination of Employees

If an employee is an At-Will employee not a contracted employee, do you need to tell the employee why he is being fired or can you tell him to just leave?


Asked on 1/29/02, 1:10 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys

Thomas Schober Schober Schober & Mitchell, S.C.

Re: Termination of Employees

Unless some other statute applies, you may merely

dismiss an at will employee without a reason.

However, if the employee claims the dismissal was

for an improper reason, you may ultimately be

compelled to disclose an "appropriate" reason.

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Answered on 1/29/02, 1:49 pm


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