If it's happened to you, you know how much getting fired sucks. A change in routine, figuring out what to tell your friends and family, and most importantly, not getting paid make being fired a tough ordeal to deal with. Sometimes, though, employers fire employees for reasons beyond their job performance, which may enable you to file a lawsuit for wrongful termination. Here's how to find out if you were wrongfully terminated and what you can do about it.
Was I wrongfully terminated?
• You were discriminated against. There are, unfortunately, still many bigoted people in this world, prone to firing employees becuse they don't approve of them as people. Luckily, we have the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (protects employees from discrimination based on race, color, relligion, sex, or national origin), Title I and Title V of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (protects individuals with disabilities), Title II of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 (prevents discimination based on genetic information), and the the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (protects employees from age discrimination) to make sure that this doesn't happen. These laws defend wrongful termination as well as compensation, transfer, promotion, layoff, testing, use of company facilities, training, fringe benefits, retirement plans, and disability leave.
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Do the right thing. It's wrong for an employer to fire you because you refuse to do something wrong.
• Your boss was retaliating. Your boss can't fire you just because you piss him or her off. If you complain or file a complaint about discrimination or participate in an investigation, hearing, or lawsuit about possible illegal practices and end up getting fired, it happened in the name of