What is the law regarding lay offs?
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What is the law regarding lay offs?
My husband and I brought up an ongoing issue with another employee and asked for a solution to the problem. Upon doing so, he called me into the office where my husband was discussing the issue. He told us at 11:30 on a Tuesday that we were being laid off claiming work was slow. He gave us 3 separate reasons why it was us and nobody else. Every time we caught him up with not making sense, we had this conversation on video. Then today another employee came and told us the real reason is because the other employee we had the issue with told them we were doing something illegal at work, however they had no proof so they made up the lay off.
Asked on November 16, 2018 under Employment Labor Law, Wisconsin
Answers:
M.D., Member, California and New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 6 years ago | Contributor
The fact is that unless your layoff violated the terms of an employment contract or union agreement, you have no claim here. Most work is what is known as "at will". This means that a company can set the conditions of employment much as it sees fit absent some form of legally actionable discrimination. Accordingly, a worker can be terminated for any reason or no reason at all, with or without notice.
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