Wrongful terminaltion

Donald W. Heyrich

If you are at will, I assume you mean that you have no contractual employment agreement that guarantees employment except for just cause dismissal. As an at will employee, your employer can terminate you without a reason. Being unfair, making a mistake, or even making a decision based on "reasons that don't exist" is not illegal. On the other hand, even in an at will setting, an employer may not take an adverse employment action for discriminatory reasons or for reasons that violate public policy. Also, you may qualify for unemployment benefits.

Valerie Ann Farris

Unless the "reasons that don't exist" are impermissible under the law (discrimination, etc.), you have no recourse. Washington is an at-will work state, which means your employer can fire you for any permissible reason, or no reason at all, without violating the law.