Economy
In reply to the discussion: STOCK MARKET WATCH -- Friday, 16 March 2012 [View all]Loge23
(3,922 posts)It gives business the "right" to terminate employment at will - which means without reason and at any time.
Another fun little "right" that business enjoys in "
no) right to work" states is the "no compete" contract.
I have no idea how a state that is deemed a "right to work" state can enforce a no-compete, but that they do.
I know of several cases where employees of a wholesale distributor were effectively barred from working for a competitor for at least one year - even after being terminated (isn't that a pleasant term?) from their former employer.
So, you're not good enough for us, but you can't work for our competitors either! Let's face it folks, wholesale distribution is moving boxes - no trade secrets that aren't already well know.
Oh you can contest this all you want, but who has the coin for that in that situation?