Legal Question in Employment Law in Pennsylvania

Wrongful Termination

The corporate office of the company I work for is located in Volant, Pa., but the acutal office I work out of is in Orlando, Fl. I was recently issued a written warning for a pricing error that I made (first warning since hired on 11-17-03). After being issued this warning I was then fired based on the same incident. Can an employer do this? The remaining employees in the office were told that my job was eliminated due to my job going electronic. What can I do to receive some type of monetary compensation for being fired under these circumstances?


Asked on 10/05/04, 1:21 pm

2 Answers from Attorneys
Keith Stern Shavitz Law Group

Re: Wrongful Termination

Unfortunately, Florida is an employment at will State, which means that your employer is allowed to terminate your employment for any reason (a good reason, a bad reason, or no reason at all), at any time. Thus, you have no claim except to file for unemployment compensation benefits. If you worked overtime (more than 40 hours in any single workweek), but were not paid time and a half your regular rate, you may be owed compensation regardless of your termination. If so, please contact us for further assistance.

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Answered on 10/06/04, 2:41 pm
Mark Johns Mark Johns, Esquire

Re: Wrongful Termination

It all depends upon the facts of your case. Many times an employer will write up an employee and a follow up investigation will reveal things supporting a greater punishment. Also, Does the company have a written policy detailing employee discipline. If so ,was your offense one of them listed as termination. Most staes including PA are at will employment. Which means unless they violated state or federal law (Discrimination based on race for example) they are free to hire and fire at will.

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Answered on 10/05/04, 1:47 pm


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