Perhaps pertinent: ThedaCare, a Wisconsin health care provider, filed an injuction to prevent seven of its eleven-person radiology and cardiovascular team from leaving their jobs to work for competitor Ascension, seeking to force them to remain at their jobs for ninety days so that ThedaCare could find replacement workers.
FRIDAY 1/28/2022 5:32 p.m. (WFRV) – Thedacare has dropped its lawsuit against Ascension Wisconsin, according to a new statement from ThedaCare President and CEO, Imran A. Andrabi. According t…
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Wisconsin is an "at-will" state, which means that employers can fire employees at any time for any (non-federally-protected) reason, and employees may quit at any time for any reason, so long as there is no contractual obligation. Reportedly, the seven ThedaCare employees were not under any sort of contract or "non-compete" clause. ThedaCare claims that Ascension "poached" its employees; Ascension counters that it simply offered better pay and benefits and that ThedaCare was given an opportunity to provide a counter-offer but did not do so. Ascension also claims that the employees gave five weeks' notice to ThedaCare.
A judge initially granted the injunction, but then subsequently voided it, leaving the employees free to work at Ascension.
"Your failure to prepare is not my personal emergency," says the opening line from Ascension's counter-suit.
Now imagine if the company you worked for could
by force of law prevent you for quitting for
any reason simply because your leaving would "disrupt the status quo". Lemme hear from all the "if you don't like your job, quit and find a better one" corporate shill-bots who'll try to defend ThedaCare on this one.