Have you been working as a warehouse worker? Were you terminated from your job and believe your employer had no reason to take this action?
If this has happened to you then it may be a case of wrongful termination. Under both state and federal laws, your employer is not allow to fire you for an illegal reason, even if you are hired on the basis as an employee at-will.
Under the employment-at-will ruling, an employer is not permitted to terminate any employee for any reason that is violating state, federal or local anti-discrimination laws.
If you believe your employer wrongfully terminated you, then you may be entitled to file an employment law claim today.
Common Types of Wrongful Termination
If you were working as a warehouse worker and your employer terminated you because you submitted a complaint about any of the following you may be the victim of a wrongful termination as determined by law:
- you hurt your back because you were forced to carry heavy packages;
- you weren’t given sufficient respiratory protection when handling chemicals;
- the floor surfaces in the warehouse weren’t cleaned often enough so caused an unsafe work environment.
If you think your termination falls under one of the categories in the list below, then you may also have a case for being wrongfully terminated.
- If you believe you were fired due to your age which happens most often to employees after the age of 40 years and you have evidence to prove it this could be legally a wrongful termination.
- When it comes to disability discrimination in the workplace employers are required by law to make reasonable accommodations for disabled workers and cannot terminate due to your disability, if you are able to carry out the job.
- Sexual orientation discrimination is sometimes the reason why an employer fires an employee. Under federal laws employers cannot discriminate against employees based on sexual orientation. This means if you can prove you were fired from your job as a warehouse person due to your sexual orientation this could be a wrongful termination.
- Gender discrimination is illegal but it does happen typically when an employer promotes a male warehouse person and not the female counterpart or terminates a worker based on gender and nothing else.
- Racism and race discrimination are illegal in workplaces under state and federal laws. If you have lost your job and you believe it was due to your race you may be able to file a wrongful termination claim.
- Retaliation by firing you because you lodged a complaint about your workplace as a warehouse person is illegal. If this has happened you may be able to file a wrongfully terminated claim under employment law.
What to Do If You’ve Been Wrongfully Terminated as a Warehouse Worker
If you have been working as a warehouse person and you believe you were wrongfully terminated, you will have to get together as much evidence as you can to prove this wrongful termination.
The sorts of employment documents you will need to provide include:
- your contract as a warehouse person;
- your employee handbook;
- the workplace policies;
- copies of any job evaluations performed by your employer and the dates they were conducted;
- the termination notice from your employer;
- the written timeline of events leading up to your termination.
You should check your employer’s behavior and find out if any other warehouse worker has been treated the same as you.
Your co-workers may know of any time when a warehouse person has been terminated for no apparent reason and in spite of a flawless work record. You should also ask witnesses to write statements that prove you were wrongfully terminated.
They may have heard something that you did not know about. This will put you in a better position to win your wrongfully terminated employment claim
Get a Free Evaluation Today
If you have been working as a warehouse person and you are in the firm belief you were wrongfully terminated from your job, you should be able to get your employment law claim reviewed at no cost to you.
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 basis while some prefer to charge an hourly rate. Get a free employment law case evaluation today and get the compensation you deserve.
