What You Need to Know About Suing Your Employer
Serious complications may arise between an employee and employer. Here are the reasons that one may use to sue their employer.
Suing Your Employer
An employee can sue their employer for several reasons, including:
1. Failure to hire
Failure to hire occurs when an employer refuses to hire an employee in violation of discrimination law.
2. Wrongful Hire
Wrongful hire occurs when an employer hires an employee but acknowledges onboarding the employee to comply with discrimination law.
3. Wrongful Termination
4. Demotions
5. Failure to Promote
6. Harassment
Related: How to Sue an Employer for Misclassification
Reasons to sue may be unjust if the employer acted discriminatorily toward the employee as a result of one or more of the following:
- Race
- Gender
- Sexual orientation
- Ethnicity
- Religion
- Pregnancy
- National origin
- Disability
- Immigration Status
- Citizenship status
- Age
- Credit History
- Domestic Violence victim status
- Arrest/conviction record (dependent on state)
- Salary history
Discrimination is not an exhaustive list and depends on each state law’s definition of discrimination.
Related: How to Sue an Employer for Breach of Confidentiality
At-Will Employment States
One should understand some states are at-will employment states. At-will employment states stipulate that an employer may terminate an employee without a specific reason. However, this law does not allow employers to discriminate against employees openly, and the law still allows employees to sue for wrongful termination for discrimination.
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