"We're not going back to 'fire at will', where somebody can be fired just because you don't like them, " he told BBC Radio 4's Today programme.
Now, in what some are calling a grand experiment, 31 of the 58 public schools that have reopened in New Orleans are operating as charter schools, freeing them from school board oversight and letting them set their own curriculums and hire and fire at will.
The Prime Minister is trying to push through legislation that will make it easier for companies to fire workers at will, and to cut costs.
What is needed now is not a law that allows employers to fire workers at will but one that allows for different kinds of contracts.
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America has almost no protection for workers, so the new managers can fire people at will rather than phase in changes more slowly and permitting people time to adjust.
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We need to get away from an economy based on a short-term, take-what-you-can, fire-at-will culture.
When operational, the weapon will fire projectiles at ranges in excess of 200 nautical miles (230 miles) and inflict damage through kinetic energy.
The bands will be distributed to primary schools across Wiltshire, and a further 10, 000 bands will be available at the county's fire stations for anyone else who will benefit.
The Bay Bridge lights will fire up nightly at dusk and turn off at 2 a.m. every night until 2015.
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If all or many investors redeem at the same time, the fund will be forced to sell securities at fire sale prices, causing the fund to break a dollar, but also depressing prevailing market prices and thereby placing pressure on the ability of other funds to maintain a stable net asset value.
At the same time, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates said Tuesday the U.S. will continue to fire missiles at militants in Pakistan.
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The problem is that if the tea party returns to issues proven to fire up the base it will violate at least two of its major tenets: fiscal prudence and smaller government.
For the first time, on-the-ground soldiers will be able to fire at a hidden opponent without having to go up the chain of command to ask for a precision air strike and waste precious time doing so.
The opening ceremony of the World Police and Fire Games in Northern Ireland will be held at the Kings Hall in Belfast.
But the fire brigade said services will not be stretched because fire engines spend around 7% of their time at emergency incidents.
The ban also will be enforced at four other Fire Island beaches where nude sunbathing is known to take place, the newspaper said.
At least one strategic ballistic missile submarine will fire from the Barents Sea.
One appliance will stay at the town's fire station with the second based at the council depot in Bromyard Road.
Even as the new pope settles into his apartment at the Vatican, he will come under fire from those who hate the church.
Fire this rocket at such an angle and speed that it will slingshot thanks to gravity and end up orbiting the moon, the ultimate definition of a moving target.
Last week, an eight-hour meeting between Thai and Cambodian officials ended with both sides agreeing on only one point: that troops each country has amassed at the site of the temple will not fire on each other.
But with Barca seemingly coasting to victory, Ignacio Camacho popped up at the death to fire home and ensure the two teams will start level on January 24.
Devon and Somerset Fire Authority will decide how it believes the savings should be made at its meeting on Friday 18th January and a 12-week public consultation will follow.
The regime claims that all of its citizens live in a worker's paradise and that Western or South Korean criticism is only aimed at confrontation and war, which Pyongyang will meet with fire and destruction.
Amazon will release at least one new version of the Kindle Fire next Thursday.
Suffice to say, this is more than overdue, and will serve to make the Kindle Fire line even more compelling at retail.
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At 59, Taylor may finally walk away from the fire, but he will carry it with him for the rest of his natural life.
If this cease-fire does lead to a more conciliatory approach now by the military that at least will be widely welcomed in a province which has long been plagued by human rights abuses.
Fire officials said Thursday afternoon that a hazardous materials team will deal with a store of highly toxic pesticides that caught fire at a Laguna Farms property near the university, according the Ventura County Star.
Other consumers will view Surface more like an iPad or Kindle Fire and not care at all.
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