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good day my name is Maurice rier I’m a partner in the law firm of alen Arcadia PA in the State of Florida as well as in Most states the an employer can hire fire promote or demote an employee for any reason or no reason so long as you’re not violating an employes rights
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the employees have very limited rights and this is governed by either statute or acts established by Congress the most popular Act is called title 7 and this is the 1964 Civil Rights Act and what this provides is that the employer cannot take an employment decision based
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on the employees age race ethnic background religion or disability in order for you to have a wrong for termination you would have to be part of one of the protected groups another type of discrimination is retaliation for asserting one of your protected rights now an employer can do many other
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things whether it may sound fair or unfair an employer can discriminate based on your height or your weight that is not illegal additionally at this time employers can even discriminate based on sexual orientation employers who have violated employees rights pursuant to
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discrimination may be required to pay the employee all his wages lost as a result of that termination or adverse action the employee is also entitled to recover his or her attorney’s fees as well as damages for mental anguish and other intangible damages that the
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employee may have incurred the employer if if the circumstance is granted may be required to pay punitive damages which normally can be up to 100,000 in Florida or 300,000 in federal court if you feel that your employer has terminated it terminated you because of your age race
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gender ethnic background religion or disability or because you complained about being harassed based on one of those traits and your employer terminated you or caused an adverse employment action against you then you should seek the advice of an attorney to address your legal rights
