When is the deadline to file for wrongful termination
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When is the deadline to file for wrongful termination
My supervisor fired me for not
doing what he said after i was
stopping the job for unsafe act
Asked on March 17, 2017 under Employment Labor Law, Texas
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 7 years ago | Contributor
Typically, a wrongful termination claim should be brought within 6 months--there are various grounds from wrongful termination, and some have longer times to file than others, but to be safe, bring the claim within 6 months, so as to fall under the most-restictive deadlines.
Be warned, however, that if you did not have a written employment contract which by its plain tems prevented termination in this way or for this reason, it most likely was NOT wrongful termination. That's because without such a contract, you would have been an "employee at will" which means, among other things, that you could be terminated at any time, for any reason whatsoever--employees at will have essentially no rights in or to their job, and no protection against wrongful termination.
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