Can you legally get fired for leaving your job due to medical emergency?
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Can you legally get fired for leaving your job due to medical emergency?
My husband suffered a minor heat stroke while I was at work. I called my supervisor and owner. I locked the store down because I was the only one there. I went to the hospital and then home. I was fired the next day
Asked on July 31, 2017 under Employment Labor Law, Missouri
Answers:
M.D., Member, California and New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 6 years ago | Contributor
Unless you used available PTO (vacation/sick time), then your employer could have terminated you employment "at will". This means that you could have legally been fired for the reason that you state, or for any reason, or for no reason at all, with or without notice. That is unless your discharge constituted some form of actionable discrimination (which it does not appera to have) or it violated the terms of a union/employment agreement.
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