Can I sue an employer for responding to an e-mail that I sent if they replied to the entire staff instead of just me?
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Can I sue an employer for responding to an e-mail that I sent if they replied to the entire staff instead of just me?
I responded to an e-mail that my employer sent out today. I received a response back along with everyone from my site. The employer called for an immediate meeting to take place by Thursday with our entire team and following the meeting they would determine if they have a place for me. I feel as if I have been threatened by my employer and everyone now knows that there is a possibility I will be fired. What should I do? I feel my privacy between my employer and myself has been violated.
Asked on November 9, 2010 under Employment Labor Law, Michigan
Answers:
M.D., Member, California and New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 13 years ago | Contributor
There really are no rights to privacy for an employee in this situation. The fact is that employers have a wide discretion in just how they conduct their business operations. The reason is that most most states recognize something called "at will" employment. What this means is that an employee can choose to work for an employer or not. And an employer can hire or fire an employee for any reason or no reason at all. An employer can also increase/decrease salary/hours, promote/demote, and generally impose requirements/work conditions as it sees fit.
Without a union or employment contract that prohibited your employer from doing this, or a company policy contrary to the conduct in question, or if such action was done as a form of workplace discrimination, your former employer did not violate any law.
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