Twitter must pay €550,000 to Irish employee fired for not replying to "extremely hardcore" email ultimatum

This is objectively untrue. Yes, there is at-will employment which is pretty commonplace, but there are many reasons you can’t fire someone such as discrimination, retaliation, or workers’ compensation. If you’re in a union or a contract worker there may be further termination procedures in place.

That isn’t to say state/federal labor laws aren’t utter shit, but the statement about firing for any reason needs a big asterisk next to it.

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