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EPISODE · Sep 4, 2023 · 1H 40M

85. You're Fired!

from Pick Me Up, I'm Scared. · host Madeline Pendleton and David Roberts

This week, Madeline and Kenna talk about getting fired, at-will employment, and how terrible U.S. labor protections are! PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/pickmeupimscared BOOK PRE-ORDER: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/722726/i-survived-capitalism-and-all-i-got-was-this-lousy-t-shirt-by-madeline-pendleton/ SOURCES: https://erd.dli.mt.gov/labor-standards/wage-and-hour-payment-act/wage-and-hour-faq https://www.kingsleykingsley.com/examples-of-wrongful-termination https://ins-globalconsulting.com/news-post/terminate-employment-europe/ https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/at-will_employment http://tinyurl.com/mr2xwwtu ⁠https://www.theladders.com/career-advice/the-most-unionized-states-in-america⁠ ⁠https://www.pongoresume.com/articles/493/does-a-union-job-provide-security-.cfm⁠ http://tinyurl.com/2wx53vk3 ⁠https://www.nber.org/system/files/working_papers/w24343/w24343.pdf⁠ http://tinyurl.com/5jcnzyk4 http://tinyurl.com/v45twdwt http://tinyurl.com/3sffrtmh http://tinyurl.com/52uvu7k9 http://tinyurl.com/ymmubv2m http://tinyurl.com/ydphwafh ⁠http://www.rbs2.com/atwill.htm⁠ http://tinyurl.com/ycxdm766 ⁠https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31545640/⁠ http://tinyurl.com/3vw9yapv http://tinyurl.com/uwbwpfm4 ⁠https://www.cnbc.com/2022/12/07/us-at-will-employment.html⁠ ⁠https://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2001/01/art1full.pdf⁠ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5739436/ ⁠https://www.thecut.com/2022/03/but-youre-still-so-young-book-excerpt.html⁠ http://tinyurl.com/k694zj3b ⁠https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3423193/⁠ http://tinyurl.com/yck83kph https://www.menshealth.com/health/a19533897/unemployment-suicide-risk/

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