Wrongful Discharge
Ohio and Kentucky Wrongful Employee Termination Attorneys
Wrongful discharge includes any type of illegal firing or improper termination. While most jobs in the United States are considered "at-will" employment, it is still a violation of the law to terminate an employee because of age, gender, race, nation of origin, and religious affiliation, among other characteristics. At Robert A. Klingler Co., LPA, we handle a wide range of employment law issues and employment litigation matters involving wrongful employee termination.
Our practice focuses on the legal issues affecting individuals and businesses in employment law. Many of these situations involve the wrongful termination of someone based on conduct or characteristics that are protected under the law, such as age, race, and gender. The "employment-at-will" doctrine allows employers to fire someone for no good reason, or for a stupid reason, but it does not allow them to fire an employee for an illegal reason. Employers may not fire someone for complaining about being the victim of sexual harassment or other sex discrimination. Likewise, employees are protected from age discrimination, race discrimination, disability discrimination, and more.
While the protected classes covered under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the ADEA, the ADA, and similar state statutes make up a large portion of protected employees, other employees may be protected from discharge or adverse employer actions depending on the circumstances. Various public policies protect employees from retribution for engaging in certain protected conduct. An employee may not be fired for serving jury duty, for example, or in many other cases where a clear public policy would be threatened if employees could be discharged for engaging in the specific conduct. Retaliatory discharge for reporting a company's illegal conduct may be protected by public policy and by specific whistleblower statutes. Reporting abuse in a medical facility, or reporting environmental hazards to the EPA, may give rise to protection for employees.
Whatever your situation, if you have been terminated and you believe it was a wrongful termination you may contact our employment lawyers to discuss your options. We can tell you if you have been illegally terminated, and help you obtain a just resolution of your situation.
