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May 8, 2023 35 mins

Your manager and HR just blindsided you with an unfair and ridiculous Performance Improvement Plan (PIP) and wondering if you have any options. Or you've been fired for dubious reasons, but you've always been told that, as an at-will employee, you can be fired for any reason and simply have to accept it. Pete Havel talks with employment lawyer Peter Whelan, Founding Partner at District Employment Law, about how you can make the PIP process more tolerable and survive a bit longer so you can leave on your own terms and schedule.

And Havel and Whelan talk about those options, rights, and tools some at-will employees do have when fired for all the wrong reasons.  Listen in and learn how you can protect yourself and your future when your employer goes rogue.

You can learn more about Peter Whelan and check out his firm's informative blog artices through his firm's website at http://www.districtemploymentlaw.com

You can reach Pete Havel at http://www.fireproofedleadership, com via email at pete@petehavel.com, through LinkedIn, Twitter, and by phone at 214.244.7906.

To buy a signed copy of his book, The Arsonist in the Office, click HERE.

To purchase an unsigned copy of Pete's book, The Arsonist in the Office, go to Amazon

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