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Is a company required to tell me why i'm fired?

Asked on Dec 11th, 2013 on Business Law - Nevada
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I was terminated, told one thing, unemployment was told something different. I called the company to ask what they said, they told me they refuse to tell me what my termination reason was. Is this legal? Don't I have a right to know why I was terminated??
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R. Christopher Reade
Nevada is an at-will employment state where your employer can dismiss you for no reason at all, so long as it is not a prohibited reason. "Since employees in Nevada are presumed to be at-will, an employer can dismiss an at-will employee with or without cause, so long as the dismissal does not offend this state's public policy. State of Nevada v. Dist. Ct. (Anzalone), 118 Nev. 140, 151, 42 P.3d 233, 240 (2002)." Based on the facts as presented, unless you have good cause to believe that your termination was for illegal purposes, the reason for termination (if there is one) is really irrelevant to the inquiries. However people are curious and entitled to know what their employment file contains.  NRS 613.075 provides that an employee, up to 60 days after termination, must be given the opportunity to inspect and obtain a copy of the employee file.   The inspection must take place during normal business hours; copies must be provided at actual cost.  The employee is entitled to submit a written rebuttal in direct response to any entry in the employee file; the employer must maintain the rebuttal in the employment file.
Answered on Dec 12th, 2013 at 6:16 PM

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