The fact is she violated a policy enacted to discourage robberies and limit economic loss. According to the article, this was not her first policy violation. So yes, as an at-will employee it is perfectly legal to fire her.
Here is a brief explanation of at-will employment:
"If you are employed at will, your employer does not need good cause to fire you. In every state but Montana (which protects employees who have completed an initial "probationary period" from being fired without cause), employers are free to adopt at-will employment policies, and many of them have. In fact, unless your employer gives some clear indication that it will only fire employees for good cause, the law presumes that you are employed at will."
As an afterthought, how can you be certain her policy violation was not intentional? Perhaps she intentionally allowed the cash to build and the robbery was pre-arranged? I'm sure this is one of the first suspicions of law enforcement.
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