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The Covenant of Good Faith and Fair Dealing: A Concentrated Effort to Clarify the Imprecision of Its Applicability in Employment Law

Susan W. Dana

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Contracts of Convenience: Preventing Employers From Unilaterally Modifying PromisesMade in Employee Handbooks, 24 CARDOZO L. REV.799, 806 (2003).As a result of the Industrial Revolution, employers' needs changed.Id. at 806 n.41.Workforces grew in number and employers needed more flexibility in dealing with their employees.Id.The employment at-will doctrine proved to be a viable solution to meet employers' needs.Id.

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Contracts of Convenience: Preventing Employers From Unilaterally Modifying PromisesMade in Employee Handbooks, 24 CARDOZO L. REV.799, 806 (2003).As a result of the Industrial Revolution, employers' needs changed.Id. at 806 n.41.Workforces grew in number and employers needed more flexibility in dealing with their employees.Id.The employment at-will doctrine proved to be a viable solution to meet employers' needs.Id.

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Contracts of Convenience: Preventing Employers From Unilaterally Modifying PromisesMade in Employee Handbooks, 24 CARDOZO L. REV.799, 806 (2003).As a result of the Industrial Revolution, employers' needs changed.Id. at 806 n.41.Workforces grew in number and employers needed more flexibility in dealing with their employees.Id.The employment at-will doctrine proved to be a viable solution to meet employers' needs.Id.

Key concepts: Covenant, Doctrine, Fair dealing, Faith, Law, Good faith, Context (archaeology), Political science

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