Can I sue my previous employer regarding termination ifI was fired wrongfully?
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Can I sue my previous employer regarding termination ifI was fired wrongfully?
I was recently terminated from my job. I feel I was wronged. A new girl wrote a letter to the HR manager about schedules not being out on time. I faxed the letter for her (her fax doesn’t work part of the time), The HR manager said to me that I encouraged her to write this letter and I showed the letter to other people (this is a lie). Is there anything I can do?
Asked on November 14, 2011 under Employment Labor Law, Indiana
Answers:
M.D., Member, California and New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 13 years ago | Contributor
I'm afraid that you may not have too many options here. The fact is that in at will employment arrangement, an employee can be fired for any reason or no reason at all (with or without notice). Consequently your termination was not wrongful. That is unless you had an employment contract or union agreement to the contrary, or there was an existing company policy prohibiting your discharge under the circumstances. So unless some form of discrimination or retaliation was a factor in your dismissal, your employer's action perfectly permissible from a legal standpoint.
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