What is the difference between right to work laws and the doctrine of employment at will?

Answer 1

The "Right to Work" laws prohibit labor unions from locking out non-members from any companies' employment, whether by contract or by other means, and provide for those companies to give the same benefits to ALL employees, whether union members, or not, including medical, retirement and other benefits. They also guarantee that returning veterans will have their jobs when they return from their military obligatoins/enlistments. These laws were enacted in many states in the 1940s and 1950s in response to the end of WW II, as well as the Teamsters locking down certain professions from non-members.

At-will laws simply allow companies/employers to hire and fire people at their own will, with no notice for termination necessary. Hwever, there are employment issues, such as unemployment benefits that come into play once a company decides to terminate an employee. These rules are designed to allow the employee to collect unemployment and other benefits while out of work, depending on the reason(s) for termination. These laws also allow a company-employee relationship to exist without a contractual or collective-bargaining agreement in effect.

Answer 2

Growing up in the south, right to work laws dealt with unions. A person could not be force to join a union in order to work at a particular job and employers were not required to establish unions for their employees. as for the other, I am unfamiliar with said termonology.

Answer 3

I've learn that employment at will means that you can actually get dismissed from your job at any time with no cause or justification.