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I was released from my job last Thursday. I went home sick Wednesday and called off on Thursday. Later that day I received a call that my services
Asked on May 16th, 2016 on Wrongful Termination - Pennsylvania
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We're no longer needed because I gave a two week notice and they said with everything going on with my new job (which had nothing to do with the company) that wouldn't need me and told me not to come in anymore. I was wondering if that was legal for them to do?
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In Pennsylvania an employee without a contract for a specific term of employment is deemed an at-will employee. Subject to certain exceptions (e.g., age, gender and other discrimination, violations of public policy), an at-will employee can be terminated for any reason or no reason at all. Even if the reasons given by your employer intially for your termination were totally wrong, they can still terminate you for no reason or a different reason. I'm sorry that's surely not what you want to hear.
Answered on May 16th, 2016 at 12:42 PM