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> That's what at-will means - Tesla can fire an employee with no reason whatsoever should it wish. That is not true at all.

• falcolas 9y ago
  I give you Wikipedia: > in which an employee can be dismissed by an employer for any reason [...], and without warning. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/At-will_employment https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/At-will_employment
  • xadhominemx 9y ago
    Read a little further down the page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/At-will_employment#Statutory_exceptions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/At-will_employment#Statutory_e...
    • falcolas 9y ago
      Which means that Tesla would have to indicated that the termination was in retaliation to the reporting of the harassment. It doesn't sound (to my non-lawyer ears) like it did. But that's now between the lawyers and the courts.
      • xadhominemx 9y ago
        ya the specifics of this case matter but at-will does not not someone could be fired for literally any reason.
      • dragonwriter 9y ago
        No, the prohibition on termination for unlawful cause does not only apply when the employer admits the unlawful cause.