Right-to-Work State
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This is probably a stupid question but what exactly is meant by a state being a 'Right-to-work' state. Is this just a different name for Employment at will? I have searched and searched but I can't find any information on it.
Some of our employees are saying that it means that they can refuse to work overtime. Is this right?
Please help me on this one.
Some of our employees are saying that it means that they can refuse to work overtime. Is this right?
Please help me on this one.
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Hope that helps.
Margaret Morford
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How about the Maine attorney editors weighing in on this or some HR people from Maine telling us. Speak up Maine!
Margaret Morford
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Refer to this website for a map showing all right-to-work states:
[url]http://www.nrtw.org/rtws.htm[/url]
A "right to work" state is a state which has passed a law prohibiting a union shop clause, i.e., a provision in a union contract which requires that all employees covered by a collective bargaining agreement be members of the union. This is an over-simplification, but you can get more information at the website for the National Right to Work Foundation. When last I checked, the right to work states were Alabama Arizona Arkansas Florida Georgia Guam Idaho Iowa Kansas Louisiana Mississippi Nebraska Nevada North Carolina North Dakota Oklahoma South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Virginia and Wyoming. Maine is not a right to work state.
Hope that helps. David Nagle, Editor of Virginia Employment Law Letter.
My $0.02 worth.
DJ The Balloonman
Thanks for your explaination and the ones above too. I have now been able to find the exact Kansas Law.