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In reply to the discussion: My Daughter Was Fired Today [View all]Ms. Toad
(38,426 posts)69. The concept of at-will employment is decided at the state level.
Nearly all states are at-will states.
From Ohio, specifically: https://www.ohiobar.org/public-resources/commonly-asked-law-questions-results/labor--employment/at-will-employment-is-the-rule-in-ohio/
Is Ohio the only at will state?
No. Almost every state in the United States considers employees to be at will unless the employment falls into an exception to the employment-at-will doctrine. The only state where "at will" is not the general rule is Montana, which has a law making it somewhat harder for employees to be terminated.
No. Almost every state in the United States considers employees to be at will unless the employment falls into an exception to the employment-at-will doctrine. The only state where "at will" is not the general rule is Montana, which has a law making it somewhat harder for employees to be terminated.
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I am a retired lawyer. I don't think there's a case here absent a contract saying she won't be fired
Shrike47
Feb 2022
#13
Then they might oppose unemployment as retaliation...and attorney's cost money. I live in Ohio-
Demsrule86
Feb 2022
#85
You are conflating "right to work" with "at-will employment." "Right to work" is a state rule that
WhiskeyGrinder
Feb 2022
#94
Add "for retaliatory reasons" to discrimination and contractual obligations.
Pacifist Patriot
Feb 2022
#106
When it was called Personnel, they 90% backed the employee - HR is a leftover from Raygun years when
Hestia
Feb 2022
#102
This sounds like a case of the new hatchet man needing to leave a few "bodies" somewhere to justify
dameatball
Feb 2022
#21
worked for a guy like that once upon a time. He drove people he didn't like out of
demigoddess
Feb 2022
#33
She wouldn't have liked working for that prick anyway. Nows the time to find a BETTER job.
oldsoftie
Feb 2022
#37
It is unfair to say the least. Did they make her sign anything on the way out the door?
waterwatcher123
Feb 2022
#39
What a jerk move on the part of him and the company. I would bet half the farm that guy
LoisB
Feb 2022
#43
This is a layoff and she's getting unemployment. Not much you can do. Tell her to file ASAP.
WhiskeyGrinder
Feb 2022
#47
You are conflating "right to work" with "at-will employment." "Right to work" is a state rule that
WhiskeyGrinder
Feb 2022
#58
Wife had similiar firing and my last job ended quite shitty too, a lot sounded very familiar!
Brainfodder
Feb 2022
#63
Can all of that be documented? Not sure what EEOC laws there are in Kansas, but there are a bunch...
George II
Feb 2022
#70
+1, especially if most of the job duties were kept and handed off to a single person
uponit7771
Feb 2022
#93