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Article: On the firing line. (North Carolina employment at-will doctrine)
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- Business North Carolina
- Article date:
- February 1, 1990
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ON THE FIRING LINE
After Leon McLaughlin wiped off his face, he picked up the phone and called the Charlotte office of BarclaysAmerican/Financial.
It was a tough situation. As branch manager, he didn't have the authority to fire the collections manager who was giving him a hard time, so he documented each and every offense. Finally, when the employee threw a cup of hot coffee on him, he sat back and waited for BarclaysAmerican to send this problem packing. "It took them two weeks to come and talk to me about it."
His big boss in Charlotte didn't do anything other than tell him to continue documenting infractions. McLaughlin, who had been working ...