Unless you work for the government, have a union, or have a contract that prevents your employer from firing you, you are an “at will” employee. An at will employee can be fired for any reason, unless it is an illegal reason. There are many statutes that restrict the reasons why an employee can be fired, but the most common would be the discrimination statutes that prevent an employer from firing you because of your inclusion in a protected group of people, the medical leave and sick time leave statutes that protect you from being fired because of a qualified medical or sick leave, or the whistleblower statutes that protect you from being terminated if you complain about something the employer is doing that is illegal. Although many private employers do give reprimands or other types of discipline before terminating someone, it is not required under the law that they do so before terminating an employee. In addition, while a responsible employer generally makes sure that their employees receive training, they are not required to do so.