>> Employment at will does not mean you’re free to be a lying @hole. It’s their livelihood, you’re throwing their lives into turmoil. Not a thing to be flippant or vindictive about, at all, for your good as well as theirs.
There are legitimate remedies for slander not dependent on employment.
>> you’re free
>> you’re throwing
>> for your good
You mean “the employer”.
You seem to have a paternal view on this matter which of course is your option. Doesn’t mean, however, your thoughtful views should be law.
A conservative finding paternalism to be a negative is something of a recent phenomenon, no doubt stemming from the rise of feminism.
You as employer should have at least some level of regard and care for those in your employ. Not having it has led to unions on the one hand or hellish company towns from which you’d be hard pressed to escape to the other extreme.
Now we have more or less sociopathic management without the least bit of concern one way or the other. Unions or even company stores and scrip will start looking better by comparison with where we are headed.
Understand the political reality that is being created by such blatant @holes. Maybe you’re in a union state and don’t see it, or maybe you’re in one of the few pockets that remain economically healthy. I don’t know, but you seem to be wearing blinders of a sort.