Legal Question in Business Law in Illinois

Wrongful Termination?

I am an employee of a large corporation and was recently part of a reorganization. The position I fell into was not the job I was initially hired for and my training and advancement opportunities became severely limited immediately. After only 2 months in the position, I went to HR because I felt I was being treated differently than anyone else. HR spoke with my manager and that treatment stopped. Now I was told someone heard me swear (not at anybody, just in context) while I was working. Management was quick to document it and the date along with other things. I was told to sign this write up that contained things I disagreed with so I declined to sign. They told me they could review me for termination, for a first offense. I''ve been suspended and they are now claiming things (that were undocumented or unknown to me) from a time other than the date on the letter. They have been doing an investigation for 10 days and I am not allowed to know much about it. What can I do?


Asked on 2/19/08, 8:33 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
John Steele Steele Law Firm

Re: Wrongful Termination?

There are several questions that are important. First, how much money are we talking about? What kind of company? How long? If you have a long relationship with a big company and earning substantial income, you need to fight this. Obviously the company is trying to get you out in an unethical and unfair manner.

I would need some more information to see the 'picture' a jury would get in the event this goes to trial. Feel free to provide me more information, and you can send the info to my email address if you wish to keep the information private.

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Answered on 2/20/08, 10:56 am


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