[darreninthenet]

Is there no law in the US that requires an employer to find a job for somebody before firing? And that includes being allowed to apply for open roles...

[lotsofpulp]

Barring an agreement to the contrary, employers and employees can terminate employment any time they want, except in Montana, as long as the termination is not due to the employee being in a protected class.

[darreninthenet]

So apart from the protected class thing, there's no concept of wrongful dismissal in the US?

And what's different in Montana?

[lotsofpulp]

Montana has a state law requiring “good cause”:

https://leg.mt.gov/bills/mca/title_0390/chapter_0020/part_00...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/At-will_employment

[johnnyanmac]

Nope, not unless you're let go due to slander/libel. Even then I'm not sure if that means you guarantee your job back.

Some states have stronger protections in terms of how much warning an employee gets or severerance. But it's not widespread.