Legal Question in Employment Law in California

Re: Legal rights after being fired

They do not have to warn you. they must let you see your file but they do not have to give you a copy.

Re: Legal rights after being fired

As is often the problem, I don't have all the facts to assess the legality of this firing. Dress and grooming codes/policies are generally permitted if the employer relies on them to present a public image supporting its marketing goal. For example, Disneyland projects a "clean cut" all-American image, (as it defines those concepts) and so sets limits on hair length, moustaches, tatoos, jewelry, etc.

I hedge on this point however: is the image related to your ex-employer's business, or was it used as a pretext for discrimination on the basis of gender, race, sexual orientation, etc. If so, then no amount of warnings or lack of warnings is relevant. The proof of discrimination may be by indirect, circumstantial evidence that others not following a dress or grooming code were not fired, although you were.