Legal Question in Employment Law in Florida

Is this harrassment?

I have recently been forced to resign from my position through the use of tactics, by my employer, that were designed to get rid of me. First, I got a disturbing voice mail (which I still have) accusing me of encouraging a customer to file a complaint with a government agency against her company. Two days later, I received an e-mail (which I still have) notifying me that two of my most key employees were being re-assigned from my department, and that I was to handle the workload on my own. Then, a few days later, I received another email (which I still have) with a list of about 40 accusations, ranging from work that I allegedly did not complete to using company time to complete my school work, and notifying me that I was to report to work early to discuss the accusations. Finally, I said enough is enough and resigned. After I resigned, I received a call from a government agency investigating a claim (filed by my employer) that I have accepted bribes from a certain company we did business with. I know for a fact that she could not have one shred of evidence that would justify filing a complaint of this magnitude with this government agency, simply because it is not true.

My question is what to do next?


Asked on 7/18/02, 7:32 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Keith Stern Shavitz Law Group

Re: Is this harrassment?

Unless the actions which you've described were taken because of your race, gender, age (if over 40), religion, national origin, disability or other characteristic expressly protected by local, state or federal law, the conduct described does not give rise to any civil claim in Florida.

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Answered on 7/18/02, 9:29 am


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