California Wrongful Termination Law
Published by James Peters August 1st, 2006 in California Employment Law, Wrongful TerminationThe term "Wrongful Termination" encompasses many things with regard to California Employment law. At its broadest, this means any termination that is illegal under state or federal law. In its narrowest use, it means terminations that violate California's "public policy" and which courts have ruled are an illegal basis for termination.
In California, this doctrine has been widely expanded by courts and provided employees extra protections that are far too numerous to detail here. In a very narrow "nutshell," some general things which suggest a termination might be wrongful include:
- You were terminated for refusing to do something illegal;
- You were terminated for doing something California or federal law gives you the right to do;
- You were terminated for complaining about something at work;
- You were terminated for complaining to a third party about your employer;
- You were terminated for reasons that just do not "feel" right; or
- The reasons you were given for your termination just do not make any sense and seems to be a "cover up" for another reason.
If you believe you have been wrongfully terminated, we invite you to contact us today for a free consultation to discuss this and any other employment law questions you might have.
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California Employment Law | Discrimination | Retaliation | Wrongful Termination
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I worked for a company from Dec 1997 to July 2009. I took a vacation from July 10 to 22, 2009, and trained someone the company hired from craigslist to replace me while I was gone. On July 21, I noticed someone accessed my work e-mail and forwarded an e-mail to the owner. I therefore looked on craigslist to see if he had placed another ad. He had. On July 22 he e-mailed to tell me that due to work slow down I was being laid off. When I went in July 23 to get my checks, there was a man named Leo that had been hired to replace me. I was the highest paid person in the company, and I'm sure Leo is being paid less than I was. It took me 11 years to get to the pay rate I had. Is this wrongful termination?