Updated OP: I just lost my job for going above and beyond.

[Acanthus]

It is a last resort, but termination for misconduct is definitely on the list of things that might very well warrant legal action if it is undeserved. If it remains uncorrected the OP will suffer real damage. It's not like you just pick up the pieces and move on.

Bottom line: if the action taken against the OP was undeserved, then the most effective response is to get an attorney on it. Corporations do stupid things all the time, and situations have a way of resolving themselves when one lawyer gets on the phone with another lawyer. Neither of them wants to go to court, and if the OP has a strong position then it is going to get resolved, something that probably won't happen from the employee taking individual action such as writing or emailing them.

This is how i am proceeding after meeting with the VP of the company and having no action taken.

I am now contacting the legal department formally through my attorney with the charges of "libel, slander, and discrimination".

I won't be able to update the post from this point forward regarding the legal status.

 

[PenguinPower]

LMAO...good luck with that.

 

[Capt Caveman]

This is how i am proceeding after meeting with the VP of the company and having no action taken.

I am now contacting the legal department formally through my attorney with the charges of "libel, slander, and discrimination".

I won't be able to update the post from this point forward regarding the legal status.

Have you applied for unemployment yet? Is your attorney working for free?

Your work against theirs and you'll lose without any hard evidence.

 

[Acanthus]

Have you applied for unemployment yet? Is your attorney working for free?

Your work against theirs and you'll lose without any hard evidence.

I have found other work although not in my desired field.

My attorney is working on contingency.

 

[EagleKeeper]

I have found other work although not in my desired field.

My attorney is working on contingency.

In otherwords, drive up cost of business using frivolous lawsuits.

 

[Hugo Drax]

Now his name will show up on a docket/court case and when he applies for other work no one will hire him because his name will pop up on a background check as someone who sued his employer for discrimination.

 

[olds]

Now his name will show up on a docket/court case and when he applies for other work no one will hire him because his name will pop up on a background check as someone who sued his employer for discrimination.

Huh?

 

[jagec]

Now his name will show up on a docket/court case and when he applies for other work no one will hire him because his name will pop up on a background check as someone who sued his employer for discrimination.

No, it's cool. If a company won't hire him because he sued his previous employer for discrimination, he can just sue THEM for discrimination.

 

[EagleKeeper]

No, it's cool. If a company won't hire him because he sued his previous employer for discrimination, he can just sue THEM for discrimination.

How in the heck would he prove it?

 

[highland145]

I may have been fired for being an Atheist in the bible belt.

Quite the broad brush you have there.

And what Southern state isn't a right to work?

 

[TehMac]

Wow.

11 pages later, this is the only real relevant comment.

 

[Corporate Thug]

I am now contacting the legal department formally through my attorney with the charges of "libel, slander, and discrimination".

If your attorney was worth his weight in salt, he would tell you that the libel and slander allegations are baseless. Good luck.