Definition: Loudermill rights are employee rights based on a U.S. Supreme Court decision in 1985 (Cleveland Board of Education v. Loudermill). The decision claimed that most public employees have property interest in their jobs, and are therefore allowed due process rights if they are fired.
Loudermill rights include a written or oral notice regarding why they are being fired (along with specific evidence to any charges against them), and the right to a pre-termination hearing where the employee can respond to the charges made against him or her.
