Does an employer have to prove it was right to terminate an employee?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Montiel v. Felix, D065443 (Cal. App. 2015):
An employer does not have to prove its termination decision was correct. Rather, an employer must merely prove it had an honest, good faith belief that termination was warranted based on the facts as it understood them at the time. (Slatkin v. University of
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