All Questions and Answers about Wrongful discharge

can my employer fire me?
can an empolyer force you to take a promotion. my boss wants me to take the manager position at his store but i dont want that kind of responsibility for a only a 2 dollar pay raise. i currently make ...
1 answer  |  asked Apr 12, 2010 1:09 PM [EST]  |  applies to Illinois

I was terminated for negativity without any disciplinary action or ability to defend myself.
I had made some comments during a training(which I apologized for) in a joking manner that were taken the wrong way and have voiced my concern re: the continuously increasing workload and the followin...
1 answer  |  asked Mar 13, 2010 3:50 PM [EST]  |  applies to Wisconsin

Is this legal termination?
Requested 2 week leave of absence, possibly becoming medical for panic attacks and stress. Was granted leave by manager. 7 days later received personal belongings from work UPS. Received a text messag...
3 answers  |  asked Mar 11, 2010 9:00 PM [EST]  |  applies to California

Made-up Rule
Question: Can a new rule (law) be made up on a whim when supervisors want to remove a person from their current position? My last employer stated that all secretaries had to support at least 2 doctors...
1 answer  |  asked Mar 8, 2010 07:38 AM [EST]  |  applies to Ohio

Layoff to Termination
I've been layed off for more than 12 months. Now my company has brought everyone else back but me. I've gotton the run around when I asked why I'm not being brought back. Reasons like new company poli...
1 answer  |  asked Mar 6, 2010 6:41 PM [EST]  |  applies to Ohio

Was I wrongfully discharged?
I was terminated yet gived the opportunity to resign for using a company computer for personal email use. Later it was disclosed that it was not the violation of the Company Computer policy, but the c...
1 answer  |  asked Jan 31, 2010 8:11 PM [EST]  |  applies to Ohio

Was I wrongfully terminated?
I was terminated from my employment without an explanation. I was contacted by my manager and told that I was on administrative leave due. She then explained to me that I would be contacted by the HR ...
1 answer  |  asked Jan 13, 2010 6:07 PM [EST]  |  applies to New Jersey

was I wrongfully terminated
I was terminated they say for sexual harassment, by a student who claimed I tired to grab her and kiss her, the director of my department state it was base on pass history, but I never had any inciden...
2 answers  |  asked Dec 23, 2009 06:59 AM [EST]  |  applies to Illinois

My position was eliminated in July 2009 - but has now been rehired
In July 2009 my position was eliminated. I was a Food and Beverage Director. My position was recently "reinstated" and filled by one of my past associates. There seems to be no change in the duties th...
1 answer  |  asked Nov 28, 2009 03:16 AM [EST]  |  applies to New York

Is this wrongful discharge or retaliation?
Two days ago my shift began like this- I was finishing a conversation with my wife on the phone in the parking lot when my regional manager whistled loudly at me in a demeaning manner in front of othe...
1 answer  |  asked Nov 12, 2009 03:11 AM [EST]  |  applies to Arizona