Was my daughter wrongfully terminated?
Question Details: My daughter was hired at Baskin Robins. Shortly after she was in an auto accident. Her employer management shortly after the accident started treating her wrong. She was laid off 6/2/09 as she was told due to the economy and slow sales as were two other employees. To her acknowledgement she noticed the new employer hired training on the schedule that week, also to find out no other employee was terminated. I believe this was due to her auto accident, and if my suspicions are correct the manager who terminated her is the same owner as the vehicle who rear-ended her in the accident.
Employment and Labor Law Answers
This may be unfair but it is legal. Most employment relationships are what is known as "at will". This means that basically the employer can hire or fire someone for any reason or no reason whatsoever, as well has increase/decrease salary/hours, promote/demote, and generally impose requirements as they see fit. In turn, you can work for an employer, or not, your choice.
The only exceptions to the above would be if there is a stated company policy covering this, or there is a union/employment agreement that governs, or this situation has arisen due to some type of discrimination.
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