What are my rights if I was fired without any explanation or notice?
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What are my rights if I was fired without any explanation or notice?
Asked on July 21, 2015 under Employment Labor Law, Massachusetts
Answers:
M.D., Member, California and New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 9 years ago | Contributor
Unless your discharge violated the terms of company policy, employment contract, a collective bargaining/union agreement, etc., or your treatment constituted some form of actionable discrimination, no law was broken. As an "at will" employee you can be fired for any reason or no reason at all, with or without notice. The fact is that, as a general rule, an employer can set the terms and conditons of the workplace much as it deems fit.
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