Legal Question in Discrimination Law in California

While it is quite unfair to penalize a good Samaritan, there is no specific legal protection that would make firing you \'illegal\'. You have an argument that your were acting on instruction of authorities, and should not be retaliated against. This is an extreme situation of \'unfair firing\' that probably justifies you taking legal action. A smart company would want to settle to avoid really bad publicity. Feel free to contact me if serious about pursuing this.

You definitely should meet with employment and workers\' comp attorneys. You probably were traumatized by the events you witnessed while you were still on the clock. Of course, any attorney would need all the facts. It might be to your benefit to prepare a chronology of events, organized by date and time. List the date, time, with whom you spoke, what was said and done, whether there were any documents involved, and what documents. Then, bring the chronology and the important documents with you when you meet with the attorney(s). Good luck to you, and thank you for being a good citizen and neighbor.