You want to fire this person. Take it easy. Count to ten. Employee Disloyalty Employees are supposed to be loyal to their companies. That's the law.
Loyalty also is necessary.
Businesses can't operate without trust. It's harder now. The trick is to know the difference between people who are and are not exempt from the Fair Labor Standards Act. There's lots of action in employment law. Employers and employees fight it out one case at a time, most often under federal laws that protect workers from discrimination.