From the course: Business Law for Managers
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Wrongful discharge
- So as a manager, you may have had an employee that you had to let go, and perhaps caught all the feels, because you hate firing people, or maybe you were really excited to get rid of this person and get them out of your hair. Sayonara. Then, you hear they filed a wrongful termination claim against you and your employer. Now, this is where it gets tricky, right. Well, not necessarily. Let's dive deeper. There isn't a wrongful termination claim when an employee feels that you were unfair to them, and they think they did a good job. To have a claim, the former employee would need to have an illegal reason, meaning the employee was fired on the basis of discrimination for their sex, race or color, gender, national origin, religion, age, pregnancy, or disability. A claim can also be filed on the basis of a contractual breach or a retaliation by an employer. It's illegal for a company to fire an employee because they lodged a complaint against their employer, so if someone reports their…
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