at will- right to work state
In lay mans term can you explain what an "at will" state means and what are the employees rights under this law?
1 answer | asked Jul 31, 2004 2:18 PM [EST] | applies to North Carolina
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"At-will" explained
The legal terms say it rather plainly so I'll give that to you. When you reside in such a state, you can be fired for any reason or no reason at all. The only exceptions for this are when specific statutes prohibit what was done to you, e.g. federal laws prohibit discrimination because of race, sex, color, etc. Other statutes may prohibit what was done, or you may have rights by virtue of a contract that you had with the employer. Also, you may have rights by virtue of a union. Last, you may have rights, depending on what state you are in, based on wrongful discharge against public policy, e.g. many states will accept a claim that a fired employee was terminated because s/he refused to do something illegal (or against public policy). In the states that recognize that kind of claim, the fired employee may have this one additional way to fight his or her wrongful discharge.
posted by Reagan Weaver | Jul 31, 2004 4:18 PM [EST]
The legal terms say it rather plainly so I'll give that to you. When you reside in such a state, you can be fired for any reason or no reason at all. The only exceptions for this are when specific statutes prohibit what was done to you, e.g. federal laws prohibit discrimination because of race, sex, color, etc. Other statutes may prohibit what was done, or you may have rights by virtue of a contract that you had with the employer. Also, you may have rights by virtue of a union. Last, you may have rights, depending on what state you are in, based on wrongful discharge against public policy, e.g. many states will accept a claim that a fired employee was terminated because s/he refused to do something illegal (or against public policy). In the states that recognize that kind of claim, the fired employee may have this one additional way to fight his or her wrongful discharge.
posted by Reagan Weaver | Jul 31, 2004 4:18 PM [EST]
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