Re: Update:
Well, actually, I believe I was right on the at-will thing:
[link|http://www.prairielaw.com/articles/article.asp?articleid=1408|http://www.prairiel...ticleid=1408]
"At will" employees occupy the lowest rung of the management-labor relations ladder. In nearly all states, they have few rights in the workplace. Management can reassign, demote, discipline and even discharge at will employees on a whim with little legal recourse. These prerogatives can be exercised "for any reason or no reason at all," as the saying goes. So decisions involving at will employees can be unreasonable, and even arbitrary, without violating the law.
That particular lawyer goes on to say that it's not right, and that it shouldn't be this way, blah blah blah, mentions that there's legislation passed that no one adopted, and then basically says, "Too bad.".
-Jason
