Wrongful Termination
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What is Wrongful Termination?
Wrongful termination, also called wrongful discharge or wrongful dismissal, occurs when an employer unlawfully terminates a person’s employment or violates the person’s employment contract. For example, if an employee filed a discrimination complaint and the employer decided to retaliate by firing the employee, it may be considered wrongful termination. Additionally, wrongful termination occurs when an employer terminates a person’s employment due to discrimination against the employee’s gender, age, sexual orientation, ethnicity, religion or disability.
Examples of Wrongful Termination
Wrongful termination is more common than most people think and can occur for many reasons. Below are some common examples of wrongful termination that happen each and every day:
- employer firing an employee due to personal bias
- employer firing an employee for filing sexual harassment complaints
- employer firing an employee for filing discrimination complaints
- employer firing an employee for whistleblowing
- employer firing an employee to retaliate
- employer firing an employee who needs to serve in the military
- employer firing an employee for taking a legitimate leave of absence
- employer firing an employee for exercising union rights
- employer firing an employee after illegally garnishing the employee’s wages
Anytime an employee has been wrongfully terminated by his/her place of employment, it is imperative that the employee review his/her legal options with a qualified employment law attorney. An employee lawyer can listen to the person’s side of the story, investigate claims and help the employee take legal action against employers who have behaved unlawfully.
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If you have been subjected to unlawful treatment at your place of employment, now is the time to get the experienced Phoenix wrongful termination attorneys at Gillespie, Shields & Associates involved!