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minus-squareunalivejoy@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down7·1 year agoFlorida is a right to work state, which means the state has the right to work you to death.
minus-squareFuglyDuck@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·edit-21 year agoWrong. Very wrong. They want you to think that so you don’t report them. They are obligated to provide a safe working environment- under federal law. That’s true for every single state and US territory. All “right to work” really means is that you get to quit at any time and they get to fire you at any time. The exception to that is in retaliation for complaining or reporting safety hazards (they also can’t fire you for being a protected class etc.)
Florida is a right to work state, which means the state has the right to work you to death.
Wrong. Very wrong.
They want you to think that so you don’t report them.
They are obligated to provide a safe working environment- under federal law. That’s true for every single state and US territory.
All “right to work” really means is that you get to quit at any time and they get to fire you at any time.
The exception to that is in retaliation for complaining or reporting safety hazards (they also can’t fire you for being a protected class etc.)