{"id":358743,"date":"2013-01-28T16:34:14","date_gmt":"2013-01-28T21:34:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/content.findlaw-admin.com\/ability-law\/dictionary\/definition\/at-will-employment.html"},"modified":"2013-01-28T16:34:14","modified_gmt":"2013-01-28T21:34:14","slug":"at-will-employment","status":"publish","type":"dictionary","link":"https:\/\/dictionary.findlaw.com\/definition\/at-will-employment.html","title":{"rendered":"At-Will Employment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"fl-index-heading\">\n    <p>term:<\/p>\n    <h1 class=\"fl-h1 fl-mb20\"><\/h1>\n\n    <dl class=\"fl-index-heading-description-list\">\n            <dt class=\"fl-mb10\"><p class=\"fl-text-bold\"><\/p><\/dt>\n        <dd><p>A type of employment relationship in which there is no contractual agreement and either party may end the employment relationship at any time, for any reason or for no reason at all, without incurring a penalty<\/p>\n<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n            <div class=\"contentList 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