Legal Question in Workers Comp in Florida

Can an employee be terminated for knowingly allowing another employee to serve an underage customer. It was not her customer, but it was friend of hers. My manager knew this person was underage as well as the employee serving the underage customer All three which are friends. Is thier a law that requires them to notify the employer if they are aware of an underage person drinking in the establishment. These 2 employees were the only employees aware of the customers age other than my manager who stopped it immd. \n\nThank you....


Asked on 7/30/09, 11:47 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Sarah Grosse Sarah Grosse, Esquire

Sure, the employee can be fired. No, there is no law which requires reporting of this knowledge. However, the employee need not be breaking the law to be fired. It is being a bad employee to not report such a thing to management because serving underage persons can suscept the owner to fines, revocation of the business's liquor license, and other liability. In any event, an employee in FL can be fired for no reason or any reason so long as the reason is not a discriminatory reason (based on age, sex, disability, religion, etc).

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Answered on 7/30/09, 2:18 pm


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