When can an individual sue an employer over discrimination?
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When can an individual sue an employer over discrimination?
My wife has been an art teacher for 32 years. Last year she lost her job. The
reason given to her for losing her job was because of budget constraints.
However, a community member told me several days ago that he overheard a
school board member telling a group of people that my wife really lost her job
because my wife and I sent our children to a different school district. We live in
the school district my wife teaches in, so school board members were upset
when we chose to send out own children to another school district. They
retaliated by firing my wife. Do we have a discrimination suit here?
Dan
Asked on August 19, 2016 under Employment Labor Law, Wisconsin
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 7 years ago | Contributor
No, this is not illegal discrimination. There are only a very few things which are considered illegal employment discrimination; in terms of firing someone, the main ones are terminating an employee due to or because of her race, national origin, sex, age over 40, disability, or religion. But there is no law saying that an employer cannot terminate an employee because the employee's family uses a different "business," other than the one the employee works for (in this case, goes to a different school district)--an employer may fire an employee who does not get their services, etc. from the employer, and that is legal.
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