Legal Question in Civil Rights Law in Ohio

I think my girlfriend was fired due to discrimination... She was told today on her fourth day of training at a restaurant that They are letting her go because another girl that works there doesn't trust her and because she doesn't fit in with any of the "clicks" there at that restaurant... The manager that fired her also belittled her and laughed at her in her face.


Asked on 6/05/12, 6:04 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
John Sauter Cloppert, Latanick, Sauter & Washburn

Federal law prohibits discrimination based on race, sex, pregnancy, religion, national origin, disability, age (for workers over 40), military service, and citizen status. Based on your limited facts, it appears that she was not fired because she was a member of one of the aforementioned classes.

Because employment law in America favors employers, most employees in America are classified as 'at will' employees, meaning they can be lawfully fired for cause, for bad cause, or even no cause at all (so long as their dismissal wasn't because of one of the aforementioned factors). Therefore, if your girlfriend, likely an at-will employee, was fired for no cause or bad cause, she had no recourse.

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Answered on 6/05/12, 6:29 pm


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