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Getting fired for “any reason” really needs to be cleared up here

At will employment Everyone seems to know you can quit any time you want, two weeks notice or two minute notice. However when it comes to getting fired some say you can be fired for no reason then lots try and bring up you can’t get fired if you’re in a “protected class”. So what’s the deal? Can you be fired for no reason or not? If the employer has an illegal reason, can’t they just not give a reason so it’s legal? Then as an employee, you can’t do anything about it since it goes both ways? Since you could have quit whenever. It’s not like an employer is going to say “you’re fired because you’re X color” when they can just not give a reason instead. Say Samantha is X color, the only female doing a job males do, pregnant etc with a doctors restriction note for weight….say…


At will employment

Everyone seems to know you can quit any time you want, two weeks notice or two minute notice.

However when it comes to getting fired some say you can be fired for no reason then lots try and bring up you can’t get fired if you’re in a “protected class”.

So what’s the deal?

Can you be fired for no reason or not?

If the employer has an illegal reason, can’t they just not give a reason so it’s legal?

Then as an employee, you can’t do anything about it since it goes both ways? Since you could have quit whenever.

It’s not like an employer is going to say “you’re fired because you’re X color” when they can just not give a reason instead.

Say Samantha is X color, the only female doing a job males do, pregnant etc with a doctors restriction note for weight….say she gets fired for no reason. Is that legal or not?

She can try and bring up this and that, but “no reason” was given. Legal or not?

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