In response to white nationalist rallies in Charlottesville, Virginia, social media users are asking their followers to identify rally participants, and urging the participants’ employers to fire them. At least one white nationalist participant lost his job at a restaurant in Berkeley, California, based on his participation in the rallies. Despite the fact that a great majority of employees in the United States are “at-will” employees, meaning they can quit or be fired without warning for any non-discriminatory reason, employers should carefully consider the legal consequences of terminating an employee for engaging in extremely distasteful, yet legal, conduct.
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