Legal Question in Employment Law in California

In general, unless an employee is civil service, in a union, or has a written employment contract, they are an 'at will' employee that can be disciplined or fired any time for any reason, with or without �cause�, explanation or notice, unless it is based upon illegal discrimination, harassment or retaliation under the various Civil Rights statutes, or in your case the Whistle-blower statutes. The burden of proof is on you. If the termination was 6 long months after the reporting, how do you intend to prove the connection and 'retaliation', as well as disprove the claimed attendance problem as false?? If you seriously believe you have substantial independent evidence to do so, feel free to contact me.