How can I go about makeing a complaint against my employer for discrimination on my job if it fired me for no reason?
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How can I go about makeing a complaint against my employer for discrimination on my job if it fired me for no reason?
I don’t know why I got fired. I haven’t done anything wrong the 3 years that I’ve been working.
Asked on January 11, 2013 under Employment Labor Law, New Jersey
Answers:
M.D., Member, California and New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 11 years ago | Contributor
In order to file for employment discrimination, you must have been treated in a discrimintory manner due to your inclusion in a "protected class". Such a class has to do with race, religion, gender, disability or the like. Otherwise, although you may not have been treated equally or even fairly, you have no claim. Since you provide no particulars of your situaton it's hard to advise further.
If you want to file a claim because you were fired for no good reason, then again you may unfortnately be out of luck. In an at-will employment arrangment an employer can set the terms and conditions of employment as it sees fit; this includes frting an employee for any reason or no reason at all, with or without notice. This is true unless you have an employment contract, union agreement or company policy to the contary. Also (as discussed above), you must not have been terminated for any legally actionable discrimination.
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