When a Miami employer chooses to fire or terminate a worker, the employer must carry out the firing in a certain way. Failure to do so may result in an unlawful termination, which would give the employee the right to pursue a lawsuit to recoup his or her financial damages in court.
What follows are five examples of typical wrongful termination situations. Did you lose your job in one of these ways?
- A termination that violates state or federal anti-discrimination protections, such as a termination because of your age, race, gender, national origin or religious affiliation.
- A termination in retaliation against an employee’s rebuff or complaints regarding sexual harassment, or as a part of sexual harassment.
- A termination that violates the written or oral agreements under which the worker was hired.
- A termination that violates state or federal labor laws, such regulations that govern collective bargaining.
- A termination in retaliation against an employee’s complaints or other claims against the company, firm or employer.
In certain instances, the unlawful termination examples above come with statutory penalties for the employers that commit them. Meanwhile, others will give the employee the right to seek financial damages pertaining to lost wages, mental anguish, psychological turmoil and other categories of damages. Some scenarios could also result in the employer paying punitive damages.
If your termination from your job was suspicious. You may want to look into how the firing happened, who decided to fire you and why. Depending on the facts of your case, the law very well could be on your side.
