Legal Question in Employment Law in Virginia

employee rights
I was fired by my company on may 12 2006. My company stated to VEC that i was fired for misconduct. That made me pursue my case and appeal. I have won my appeal after a long battle, and VEC has stated that the two things during my employment that were deciding factors were that i had never received any written warnings to notify me that my job was in jeopardy, and that my employment came to an end when there was no specific event that happened that caused the employer to make their decision to terminate my job when they did. I also have a letter of intent that states '' This letter of intent will serve as our contract for employment for a one year term from todays date.'' dated august 25 2005, and i was fired on may 12 2006. Clearley the year was not up, i also have this in e-mail. The letter of intent was only signed by myself, and was signed two months after the date on it, but my position was still effective on the august date of the letter.

My question is, can i take this further? I was out of work for over three months and had alot of financial trouble because of this.

Asked on 3/27/07, 3:56 pm

Michael Hendrickson Law Office Michael E. Hendrickson

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Re: employee rights

If your so-called "letter of intent"

is legally construable as a contract, then you might have a cause of action

against your former employer for breach of this contract based upon the circumstances and facts which you've recounted here in your question.

More information would obviously be needed in order to make a more definitive determination on this issue.

Answered on 3/27/07, 7:16 pm

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