Management doesn’t need to base its decisions on proof beyond a reasonable doubt. Courts generally uphold termination decisions, even if it turns out they were based on faulty information. Simply put, as long as an employer reasonably believes it’s firing an employee for a good reason, it doesn’t have to be right.
Don’t fret needlessly over being right
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