Are you a grocery store worker? Were you fired from your job and believe it was for illegal and illegitimate reasons? If so, then you may have been wrongfully terminated.
Under state and federal law, your employer is not able to fire you for an illegal reason, even if you are an employee at-will.
Examples of wrongful termination include, age discrimination, racial discrimination, disability discrimination, gender discrimination, and retaliation if you have submitted a complaint about your employer.
If you are a grocery store worker and you believe you were wrongfully terminated, you need to gather as much evidence as possible to prove your wrongful termination.
If you believe you were wrongfully terminated by your employer, then you may be eligible for an employment law claim today.
Common Types of Wrongful Termination
If you are a grocery store worker and you believe you were fired because you had reached 60 years of age this might be a case of wrongful termination. Other examples of wrongful termination could include:
- Retaliation – you cannot be fired for filing a complaint about another matter or for being a whistleblower;
- Racial/Race– Employers can not to be race biased towards employees based on their skin color or ethnicity, which is illegal; Employers cannot fire someone do to only their race
- Gender–Employers cannot promote men over women or terminate women much more quickly than a man;
- Disability– Employers must make reasonable accommodations for disabled workers and cannot fire you because of a disability if you can do the job;
- Age– this happens to those who are ages 40 or older and are replaced by a younger worker to fit the company style or image.
If you believe you were terminated for any one of the above reasons, then you may have been wrongfully terminated.
What to Do If You’ve Been Wrongfully Terminated as a Grocery Store Worker
If you are a grocery store worker and you believe you were wrongfully terminated, you need to gather as much evidence as possible to prove you were wrongfully terminated.
You will need to gather your employment documents such as your contract, employee handbook, workplace policies, job evaluations, termination notice, etc.
Prepare an exact timeline of events as they happened. Include any job performance evaluations and the dates they took place.
If you have been fired, despite receiving consistently positive reviews can be a sign of wrongful termination. Gather evidence that your employer is in violation.
Keep track of your employer’s behavior and see if you can confirm if it has imposed a similar action on anyone else before. Make sure to get any statements from potential witnesses.
Get a Free Evaluation Today
If you are a grocery store worker and you believe you were wrongfully terminated from your job, have your employment law claim reviewed for free.
When you work with an employment law attorney, they will help you gather evidence, help prepare all the paperwork for your employment law claim.
Some employment law attorneys work on a contingency fee and some charge an hourly rate. Get a free employment law case evaluation today.
