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Quitting your job or thinking about joining the ‘great resignation’? Here's what an employment lawyer advises

  • Written by Elizabeth C. Tippett, Associate Professor of Law, University of Oregon
imageA record number of Americans are telling their managers, 'I quit.' labsas/iStock via Getty Images

Record numbers of Americans have quit their jobs in recent months, with more than 4.4 million submitting their resignation in September alone. Millions more may be preparing to follow them to the exits – one survey found that around a third of...

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