Legal Question in Employment Law in Georgia

Employment Law

my employer terminated me because I could not get any of my clients to place accounts with an unlicensed debt collection agency. besides it being unethical, it is in direct violation of the Fair Debt Collections Pratices Act. I received an email one evening that said I was terminated and do not contact us in the future. this termination letter cam one day after I told them my clients would not place business unless they saw copies of our license which is a must for all clients in the debt collection industry. When I told them I would not lie to my clients I was told it will only be for 30 days and then it will be all good. Do I have a case against them for wrongfull temination since what they fired me for was asking me to do something that was unethical and possibly against the law, FDCPA?


Asked on 3/06/09, 5:09 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Gregory Fidlon Law Offices of Gregory R. Fidlon, P.C.

Re: Employment Law

If you complained about unlawful activity and then were terminated in retaliation for making that complaint, you may have a "whistleblower" claim. It sounds like your employer was the "unlicensed debt collection agency." Did you know they were unlicensed when you accepted the job? Did they tell you anything to mislead you into believing that they had a license? I would need more information to adequately advise you. If you would call me at the number listed in my profile below, I would be happy to give you a free consultation.

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Answered on 3/07/09, 10:42 pm


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