Q: Hired for a job to drive sprinter van. Was asked to drive box truck one day and said I was unable to. Was fired. Legal ?
Our van was in Penske shop and swapped for box truck rental . I was fired for “ refusal to work “ when in reality I have never drove a box truck before and felt uncomfortable and unsafe doing so . Is this legal for company to fire me when this was never in the original job description or there was never any training provided to operate a box truck .
A:
Is what your employer did legal? Yes. Why?
Because Florida is an “at will” state, which means private employers are free to hire, promote, demote, suspend, terminate, reinstate, and rehire employees for any reason—or for no reason--at any time, i.e., “at will.”
The only thing employers cannot lawfully do is to make any of these employment decisions solely based upon the employee’s race, gender, age, national origin, handicap, disability, religion, or whether single or married or pregnant.
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