Is it legal to be fired without any warnings or strikes before?
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Is it legal to be fired without any warnings or strikes before?
I was fired for asking ‘ too much
information’ about a small business in
Minnesota. There was illegal stuff
going on, so one of the owners decided
to fire me for reporting it stating ‘ it
wasn’t working out.’ When everything
was perfectly fine tell I brought up
illegal stuff happening. I was told by
one of the ‘managers’ that I would
have 3 strikes before I was fired. I
never had a single strike either.
Asked on June 7, 2016 under Employment Labor Law, Minnesota
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 8 years ago | Contributor
If you did not have a written employment contract for a definite period of time, like a one year contract, you were an "employee at will." An employee at will may be fired at any time, for any reason, without any prior warnings or "strikes," so this was legal; they did not have to give you any strikes first.
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 8 years ago | Contributor
If you did not have a written employment contract for a definite period of time, like a one year contract, you were an "employee at will." An employee at will may be fired at any time, for any reason, without any prior warnings or "strikes," so this was legal; they did not have to give you any strikes first.
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