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Florida is a Right to Work State
Many states, including Florida, have passed right to work laws. These laws do not mean you have a right to your job, it means you can be fired at any time for any reason, or no reason at all. At the same time, you have the right to quit at any time for any reason, or no reason at all. Politicians often like to give bad laws nice names to deceive the public.
The biggest consequence of right to work laws, is that states that passed them, such as Florida, do not recognize causes of action for wrongful termination, which was an employees right before the laws were passed. In short, there is no action in Florida for the common law tort of wrongful termination. Bass v. Metro Dade Cnty. Dept. of Corr. & Rehab., 798 So. 2d 835, 836 (Fla. 3d DCA 2001).
https://gulisanolaw.com/florida-is-a-right-to-work-state/