Fired: Was It Discrimination?
You are fired and you think it may have been a form of discrimination.
What should you do?
Key unlawful reasons for firing an employee
If you suspect that your termination was the result of discrimination based on race, national origin, gender, age, disability, or because you opposed employer practices that you believed to be unlawful or discriminatory, or because you participated in an investigation of such practices, you may have a case for discrimination.
Talk to an employment lawyer
You will need to talk to an attorney immediately, to discuss your possible case.
Collect evidence, if possible
If after being fired, you still have access to documents, your lawyer may advise you to collect copies of those documents which may serve as evidence. Emails are a particularly fertile area of potential evidence.
Fired: exit interview
As soon as possible, write down detailed notes of what was said at the meeting or interview where you were fired. Try to develop the sequence and the exact words (quotes) that were said. Have your attorney review this set of detailed notes; the attorney may want for you to swear it before a notary, as part of an affidavit. Preserve any letter or other firing documentation from your former employer.
Chronology
Start writing down a chronology of dates and events that you think were significant and relevant, leading up to your firing. Best if you can do this on a computer, as a table, because the computer allows you to make inserts easily when you think of additional events later.
Over all, most importantly, talk to an attorney without delay. There are time limits prescribed by discrimination laws within which you must act. Act now!
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What should you do?
Key unlawful reasons for firing an employee
If you suspect that your termination was the result of discrimination based on race, national origin, gender, age, disability, or because you opposed employer practices that you believed to be unlawful or discriminatory, or because you participated in an investigation of such practices, you may have a case for discrimination.
Talk to an employment lawyer
You will need to talk to an attorney immediately, to discuss your possible case.
Collect evidence, if possible
If after being fired, you still have access to documents, your lawyer may advise you to collect copies of those documents which may serve as evidence. Emails are a particularly fertile area of potential evidence.
Fired: exit interview
As soon as possible, write down detailed notes of what was said at the meeting or interview where you were fired. Try to develop the sequence and the exact words (quotes) that were said. Have your attorney review this set of detailed notes; the attorney may want for you to swear it before a notary, as part of an affidavit. Preserve any letter or other firing documentation from your former employer.
Chronology
Start writing down a chronology of dates and events that you think were significant and relevant, leading up to your firing. Best if you can do this on a computer, as a table, because the computer allows you to make inserts easily when you think of additional events later.
Over all, most importantly, talk to an attorney without delay. There are time limits prescribed by discrimination laws within which you must act. Act now!
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