I threw up at work, can I be terminated for leaving
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I threw up at work, can I be terminated for leaving
I want to go to the er and my boss won’t
let me leave to go
Asked on April 24, 2018 under Employment Labor Law, Missouri
Answers:
M.D., Member, California and New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 5 years ago | Contributor
Unless you have available PTO (i.e. sick and/or vacation time), you have no right to leave work without your employer's permission. A company can set the conditions of the workplace much as it sees fit absent an employment/union contract to the contrary. Further, the fact is that most work relationships are "at will" which means that an employee can be fired for any reason or no reason at all, with or without notice.
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