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Last year a friend of mine was fired from their job after only one month due to tardiness as a result of a water leak in their apartment. They emailed their boss explaining the situation, and proceeded to deal with the plumber, landlord, and the leak itself. They had to make phone calls, bail water, and mop up all morning. After an hour they received a termination email!
At first, they were very interested in pursuing legal action. However, they reviewed their employment contract and became disheartened. It indicated that they were hired "at-will," and further stipulated that they could be fired at any point, for any reason. Ultimately, my friend just let it go, and proceeded to seek work elsewhere.
There's a lot of useful information online, mostly from law firms, employee advocacy groups, and other outlets. However, I'm curious about true stories from real employees who have pursued legal action after potentially wrongful termination.
So, fellow Jobcasers, have you ever pursued legal action after wrongful termination?
Yes I was. I worked for a company where I was faster than this particular male. He was always complaining about one thing or another. To make a long story short, I was terminated for "joking" about leaving after he whined to the owners about me (they are brothers. Anyway, I went to the EEOC to report being forced to use a back restroom (the men's room) when there was a lady's room in the hallway toward the front. I was told after a brief (and I do mean brief) investigation that there was no case because the restroom I was told to use was not specifically labeled men. Now mind you there were two Caucasian women (obviously I'm African American) who used the lady's room at will. I took as racist, but I guess they saw it differently. Here's the punch line: I was screamed on for using the lady's room and was told not to do it anymore. Obviously, somebody snitched.
I was fired for reporting abuse to elderly patients
Yes, Iβve pursued legal action plenty of times, but my most recent I just settled was a class action lawsuit I represented involving wage claims. This claim was originally about my former employer not wanting to verify my employment thatβs required by DOT regulations. But they ended up settling for $200k for not giving us lunch breaks even though we signed a waiver for that.