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Does an employee have the legal right to consider other job options?
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Of course. Why the hell not?
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lets take this a step further - does an employee on a company trip have the right to listen to a job offer from a rival company? MIN time frame. No corporate secrets given out.
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Legally, they probably could. Ethically it could be image busting to the point that the person LOOKING to hire them should immediately question their integrity.
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can an employer fire an employee if they catch them entertaining the idea of another position?
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If it was on a paid business trip? Quite possibly.
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capitolism means even employees have the right to LOOK in my opinion- so long as it doesn't take away from company time and no one on a company trip is 100% of their time working....
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Perhaps, but you're also there representing that company. As I said, anyone discussing this at their employers expense would need to be seriously questioned. However, casual conversation about it at the Island Bar at 3am is a little different than 2PM while you're walking the show floor where you SHOULD solely be representing your employer and NOT yourself.
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is this a legal reason to fire someone?
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Assuming again, you mean the paid business trip, I wouldn't be surprised if it is. I'm not a lawyer however.
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can i get an employee fired if i walk up to their booth and start talking to them about hiring them?
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If the employee actively entertained the idea by showing further interest AT the booth, I would say yes. If you simply walked up to them and asked them if they'd consider working for you, I wouldn't think you could be fired for that. If they had ANY tact or common sense, they'd simply tell you that wasn't the time nor place to discuss it.