Legal Question in Employment Law in Florida

Re: Terminated without Cause?

I truly sympathize for your lose.

Please know that Florida is an at-will state regarding employment. This means that you and your employer can terminate the employment relationship at any time. For instance, you could have quit without giving any notice and there is nothing that your employer could have done.

For an employer, it can fire you for "no cause" and "cause" at any time as long as it is not 'illegal cause." This means, an employer cannot terminate employer solely on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, age, disability. Also you have protection from wrongful termination under some workers' compensation and whistleblower activities.

If your employer is referring to an incident at work that does not fall under the list of protections listed above, then most likely you have not been wrongfully terminated.

I would suggest that you speak with an employment/labor attorney to clarify if you have any standing. Once all the details are known and can be process, then you will know if you have a case.