Do I have grounds for wrongful termination?
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Do I have grounds for wrongful termination?
I am currently on parole,when I was
hired for my job I made full disclosure
of this fact and that I was compelled to
wear an e.m.monitor for maybe up to next
30 days employer had no problem even
called my parole officer saying I was
hired giving work hours work days and
starting pay. Now I’ve been let go
because of the monitor. when the fact
that the monitor was known about upon
hiring was told ‘ is what it is ‘ cussed
at and threatened with phone calls to my
parole officer
Asked on February 2, 2018 under Employment Labor Law, Texas
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 6 years ago | Contributor
Unless you had a written employment contract guarantying you the job for some set or defined period of time (like a one-year contract) which would be violated by terminating you, your termination was legal and proper (even though unfair). Without a contract, you are an employee at will and may be terminate at any time, for any reason, even reasons that you'd previously been told were not an issue; as an employee at will, you have no protection for or rights to your job. While your employer could not fire you for certain specifically protected reasons, like your race or religion, there is no protection for being on probation or parole, wearing a monitor, having a criminal history or record, etc. Therefore, you would not have grounds for a viable wrongful termination suit.
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