Legal Question in Employment Law in Florida
Fired
I was fired from my job with a text message on my phone
Asked on 3/16/07, 10:44 am
1 Answer from Attorneys
Keith Stern
Shavitz Law Group
Re: Fired
Florida is an at-will state, as a result of which an employer can terminate the employment relationship for any reason at any time, provided that the decision is not motivated by a protected characteristic (such as age, race, gender, national origin, religion, disability, etc).
Text messaging is a very impersonal way of communicating a termination decision, but it would not violate any state or federal law.
Answered on 3/23/07, 1:26 pm