| > Employers in at will states can fire you for any reason Which is an employer in every state except Montana. And let's not pretend that employees who are wrongly fired are willing/able to fight a long legal battle to prove their termination was illegal, so no matter how much it costs an employer it's still on the terminated employee to start proceedings. Unless it's a "slam dunk" case that a lawyer will take pro-bono and take money from the settlement or win, that person will need to pay out of pocket, which is out of reach for almost everyone. I also would like to see the "7 figures to fight a wrongful termination suit" citation. > While there is no federal law for sick leave, many states have them, and even for states that don’t, local municipalities do which means a large portion of US workers do receive mandated sick time. Sure, but not everyone lives in the states that have paid sick leave, and only 14 states plus DC, plus a handful of other cities, actually do offer it. The majority of them additionally have a cap of 40 hours, after which it's going to be unpaid, so if you're unfortunately sick for longer than a week, you're kind of out of luck. On top of this, the parent most likely meant mandated as in federally mandated, which is true, there is no federally mandated sick leave. While the US isn't as bad as some people like to make it seem to be, it's also not that good for a lot of people, so please don't pretend it is. |