Also known as:terminate employment · terminated employment · terminating employment · terminations of employment · dismissal · discharge
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The complete severance of an employer-employee relationship.
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Deed in Lieu Ends Employment Ties
Travis Tate, a loan officer at Terra Financial, faced mounting defaults on his personal mortgage. He executed a deed in lieu transferring his home to the lender in full satisfaction of the debt. The bank then terminated his employment to avoid any conflict arising from the voluntary transfer.
Presidential Term Limits Employment
Tanner Thompson served as a senior advisor in the executive branch. When the President's four-year term concluded under the constitutional vesting of executive power, the administration ended all at-will positions. Thompson's employment terminated automatically with the change in administration.
Theresa Tucker worked as a manager for a limited partnership. Upon dissolution the partnership wound up its affairs by discharging all liabilities and distributing assets. The winding-up process terminated her employment as the entity ceased operations.
General Partnership Winds Up Roles
Tabitha Taylor served as a partner-employee in a general partnership. After dissolution the partners applied assets to discharge debts and close the business. The winding-up process ended her employment when the partnership ceased all activities.
Temporary Impracticability Suspends Work
Tracy Torres held a contract position at Triumph Manufacturing. A sudden supply shortage created temporary impracticability of performance. The company suspended her duties during the disruption but did not permanently terminate employment because performance remained feasible afterward.
Manager Exit Leaves Liabilities
Tara Tran served as a manager of a limited liability company. Her removal from the manager role did not discharge any preexisting obligations she owed to the company or its members. The company therefore continued to enforce those liabilities after her employment ended.
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What constitutes termination of employment under standard legal definitions?+
It is the complete severance of the employer-employee relationship.
410 U.S. 113 (1973)Constitutional Law
…all joining in the attack on the Texas criminal abortion statutes. Upon the filing of affidavits, motions were made for dismissal and for summary judgment. The court held that Roe and members of her class, and Dr. Hallford, had standing to sue and presented justiciable controversies, but that the Does had failed to…