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> Why do people confuse "Right to Work" with "Employment At Will"?

You are right, I used the wrong term (Right to Work) where I meant "Employment at Will." Thank you for pointing this out as they are different.

While 22 states practice Right to Work laws[1], Employment at Will appears to be much more prevalent:

  Virtually all states are employment at
  will states, meaning that all states
  uphold the Doctrine to some degree. To
  what degree states uphold the Doctrine
  regarding employers' rights to discharge
  employees varies by state.

  EmploymentIssues[2]
1 - http://employment.laws.com/right-to-work-states

2 - http://employeeissues.com/at_will_states.htm



49 states are at-will in various degrees. Montana is the exception: it practices "Just Cause" like the rest of the developed world.




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