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Can You Be Fired Without Cause?
If you live in an at-will employment state then yes, your employer doesn’t need a reason to fire you. At-will employment allows employers to terminate an employee at any time. Currently the only state that isn’t an at-will employment state is Montana. Although, some states exceptions and regulations that limit at-will employment.
Florida, Alabama, Louisiana, Georgia, Nebraska, Maine, New York, and Rhode Island don’t have any restrictions on at-will employment so if you live in one of those states your employer can fire you at any time as long as it’s not for an illegal reason.
Even in an at-will employment state an employer can’t fire an employee because of their race, sex, gender, age, disability, religion, or other characteristics that are protected by Federal and state discrimination laws. Anyone that is fired for a discriminatory reason can file a complaint for wrongful termination against that employer.
If you think that you were fired for a discriminatory or illegal reason, and you can show a pattern of discrimination, then you may have a solid basis for a wrongful termination claim.
For example, if you become pregnant and ask to be allowed to sit for your shift because you are pregnant, and your employer fires you, that’s a wrongful termination. By law, your employer must make reasonable accommodations during your pregnancy.
Or, if your religion says that you must pray at certain times of the day and your employer fires you because they say you’re not able to work during those times of the day that’s a wrongful termination.
Can You Be Fired Without Cause?
If you live in an at-will employment state then yes, your employer doesn’t need a reason to fire you. At-will employment allows employers to terminate an employee at any time. Currently the only state that isn’t an at-will employment state is Montana. Although, some states exceptions and regulations that limit at-will employment.
Florida, Alabama, Louisiana, Georgia, Nebraska, Maine, New York, and Rhode Island don’t have any restrictions on at-will employment so if you live in one of those states your employer can fire you at any time as long as it’s not for an illegal reason.
Even in an at-will employment state an employer can’t fire an employee because of their race, sex, gender, age, disability, religion, or other characteristics that are protected by Federal and state discrimination laws. Anyone that is fired for a discriminatory reason can file a complaint for wrongful termination against that employer.
If you think that you were fired for a discriminatory or illegal reason, and you can show a pattern of discrimination, then you may have a solid basis for a wrongful termination claim.
For example, if you become pregnant and ask to be allowed to sit for your shift because you are pregnant, and your employer fires you, that’s a wrongful termination. By law, your employer must make reasonable accommodations during your pregnancy.
Or, if your religion says that you must pray at certain times of the day and your employer fires you because they say you’re not able to work during those times of the day that’s a wrongful termination.