Legal Question in Employment Law in Massachusetts

Re: Wrongful Termination

Forgive the lawyerly response, but, "it depends." It depends on why they actually terminated you. If they terminated you because of your age, race, geneder, religion, sexual orientation, etc. etc., then yes, you may have an action (if you can prove the discriminatory reason). If they terminated you for almost ANY other reason (there are some VERY limited exceptions to this) -- or no reason at all -- then, no, there is no action available.

Evan

Re: Wrongful Termination

There is no recourse against the employer for merely lying about the reasons behind your termination. However, the fact that there is a different reason causes me to ponder the real reasons for the termination (this is a nice way of saying that "I smell a rat"). Discrimination is rarely blatant. In other words, your employer is not going to say "you're old, your fired", but simply because the employer does not say that doesn't mean that discrimination has not occured. I need to know a lot more facts before I can give you any thoughtful response. Please feel free to contact me via email or via phone to discuss your situation further.