NYT Flunks Labor Law 101: In the United States Workers Can be Fired Anytime the Boss Wants

A NYT article on efforts to change Italy's labor laws contrasted the protections for Italian workers with those for workers in the United States. It told of the lengthy legal process that an employer had to follow to fire a worker who he alleged had been caught stealing with the situation in the United States:

"By contrast, a private sector employer in the United States could have terminated the worker as soon as a theft was detected, unless a union contract was involved or antidiscrimination...