Can I sue my company for mistreatment and unfair termination?
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Can I sue my company for mistreatment and unfair termination?
I am a 19 year old woman and I was working for a summer camp. However, I was unfairly terminated because a co-worker got aggressive with me and I had filed a no contact order with the university we were at. Not only this but disregarding my efforts in the workplace to be a great employee which also got me a promotion; I
was treated as if I was nothing after the event. They implied that I was a liar, double faced, immature and just not fit to keep working with them. I felt extremely personally attacked and when I was terminated, they gave me 4 hours to figure out what I will do next.
Asked on July 13, 2019 under Employment Labor Law, Florida
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 4 years ago | Contributor
IF you believe you were treated badly or terminated due to your gender (e.g. the co-worker who got aggressive with you was male, and the employer favored the man over the woman), contact the federal EEOC (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission) about filing a sexual discrimination or harassment case.
But if this did not involve sex-based discrimination or harassment (e.g. the co-worker is also female) and you did not have a writtem employment contract whose terms are being violated by this, you have no recourse. Without a contract, you are an employee at will, and an employee at will has no rights to her job or protection for her job. An employer can disregard the quality of your work, can decide to take a co-worker's side over yours, can legally terminate you due to a conflict with a co-worker, can terminate you on little or no notice, etc. Only when illegal discrimination is involved--against you due to you sex; or based on race, color, national origin, being age 40 or over, religion, or disability--does an employee at will have any rights or protections.
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