Legal Question in Employment Law in New York

i have a retail store and i saw one of my employees kicking the merchandise with his foot on the flor and saying its garbage

do we have the right to fire him

from the job


Asked on 2/27/16, 9:55 am

1 Answer from Attorneys

Generally speaking, NY state is an "at will" employment state which means you can hire and fire anyone at any time and for any reason (or no reason) provided it's not discriminatory. Some other exceptions.exist as well.

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Answered on 2/29/16, 7:13 am


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