Are you a landscaper? Were you fired from your job and believe it was for illegal and prohibited reasons? If that is the case, then you may have been a victim of wrongful termination.
State and federal laws protect you if your employer fires you for an unlawful reason, even if you are an at-will employee.
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 landscaper 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 landscaper and you were fired because you complained because you were not provided with the right safety equipment when you were expected to work high above the ground, this might be a case of wrongful termination.
Other examples of wrongful termination include:
- Age Discrimination – When your employer treats an employee or an applicant unfairly or fires them without cause do to their age;
- Disability Discrimination – When your employer does not must make reasonable accommodations for disabled workers. Your employer can also not fire you because of a disability if you can do the job;
- Gender discrimination – When your employer treats an employee or an applicant unfairly because of their gender. Your employer can also not fire you solely because of your gender
- Racial Discrimination – Employers cannot be race biased towards employees based on their skin color or ethnicity, which is illegal; Employers cannot fire someone due to their race or national origin
- Retaliation – you cannot be fired for filing a complaint about another matter or for being a whistleblower.
If you believe you were terminated due to one of the above umbrellas, then you may have been wrongfully terminated.
What to Do If You’ve Been Wrongfully Terminated as a Landscaper
If you are a landscaper 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 all job performance evaluations and the dates you were assessed.
Being fired, even though you have consistently received 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 before. Make sure to get any statements from potential witnesses.
Get a Free Evaluation Today
If you are a landscaper 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.
