What can I do if I was fired for a supposed racial slur?
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What can I do if I was fired for a supposed racial slur?
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Asked on February 22, 2016 under Employment Labor Law, South Carolina
Answers:
M.D., Member, California and New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 8 years ago | Contributor
Have you ever heard the expression, "One man's ceiling is another man's floor"? In other words, what you considered a type of compliment was taken a racial slur comment by your employer. And in this day and age, does that really surprise you. Unless you've been living under a rock, you must be aware of just how racially derrogatory this word is deemed to be. Further, the fact is that you could have not only been fired for this reason, you could have been discharged for any reason or no reason at all, with or without notice. The fact is that "at will" employment gives a company a great deal of discretion as to who to fire, when and why. That is unless you feel your treatment was some form of legally actionable discrimination, or if your employer's action violated company policy or the terms of a union agreement or employment contract.
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