Ithaca Voice: Most Employers Can Fire Workers at Will. There’s a Push to Change That in Ithaca.

ITHACA, N.Y. — Local progressive advocates and elected officials are aiming to make it illegal for employers within the City of Ithaca to fire workers without citing a just reason.

At a rally on the Commons Sunday, Alderpersons Kayla Matos and Phoebe Brown, the Common Council’s two sitting members of the progressive Solidarity Slate, said they plan to introduce a so-called “just cause” bill: legislation that would end at-will employment in the city.

At-will employment allows an employer to fire a worker without naming a reason or providing a warning.

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Matos and Brown have not yet publicly revealed draft legislation. Matos and DeFendini said the new law will be based on policy recommendations from the National Employment Law Project, a nonprofit labor and economic advocacy organization.

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