Legal Question in Employment Law in New York

Most employment is "at will," meaning that either the employer or the employee is free to terminate the employment relationship at any time and for any reason.

Unless you have a written employment agreement (such as a collective bargaining agreement) or unless you were fired for unlawful discriminatory reasons (based on such factors as sex, pregnancy, age, disability, national origin, color, creed, race, or religion) or retaliation, you can be fired for any reason. By "any reason," I mean even a bad reason. And you can even be fired for no reason at all.

Employees don't have an awful lot of rights. And the right to fairness is not one of them. Your employer need not be correct in giving you a reason for firing you. For that matter, the employer need not provide any reason to fire you.

If there is reason to believe that the reason that was given for firing you was a proxy for unlawful discrimination, you should consult with an attorney about the matter.

Good luck to you.