What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Florida
Was confronted on a Monday about my budding romantic relationship with a recently terminated co-worker (she was fired the week before) and told I was to stop seeing her because there was a chance she was going to file a sexual harassment case against my company, and they did not want me to provide information to her.
I was told this by 2 senior executives.
I told them I was, but would stop, seeing her as our relationship was new, and, my job and company were more important than this relationship.
The next day (Tuesday) I was fired, with cause, for violation of a company policy (not commonly enforced, and not commonly resulting in termination). I did not see this coming at all.
When I talked to the girl after my termination, we discussed how she was being quite badly sexually harassed by some senior executives at my company (asking her questions about her experience with anal sex, called into an execs office for the stated reason that he "heard she looked hot today" etc..). This was an ongoing practice at this company, allegations of sexual harassment of many employees had been floating around for a while.
The policy I violated was one violated by many other employees, and, enforcement of the policy in the same manner as applied in my case would have resulted in a large number of terminations.
The policy violation was also something my former boss (he left a few months earlier) had known and approved of over a 3 year period, in fact, I was actually asked to violate the policy on a number of occasions by my superiors.
I think the reason for my termination was pretextual and based on my involvement with this female, and, her ability to file an EEOC complaint. When she was fired I did complain to executives about it and was told not to worry since they would "get someone equally as hot" to replace her. I was not paid out my accrued vacation time, had my benefits immediately terminated and was escorted from the building. I was an exemplary employee and had no negative remarks in my personnel file. Do I have any recourse? This seems wrong.
Was confronted on a Monday about my budding romantic relationship with a recently terminated co-worker (she was fired the week before) and told I was to stop seeing her because there was a chance she was going to file a sexual harassment case against my company, and they did not want me to provide information to her.
I was told this by 2 senior executives.
I told them I was, but would stop, seeing her as our relationship was new, and, my job and company were more important than this relationship.
The next day (Tuesday) I was fired, with cause, for violation of a company policy (not commonly enforced, and not commonly resulting in termination). I did not see this coming at all.
When I talked to the girl after my termination, we discussed how she was being quite badly sexually harassed by some senior executives at my company (asking her questions about her experience with anal sex, called into an execs office for the stated reason that he "heard she looked hot today" etc..). This was an ongoing practice at this company, allegations of sexual harassment of many employees had been floating around for a while.
The policy I violated was one violated by many other employees, and, enforcement of the policy in the same manner as applied in my case would have resulted in a large number of terminations.
The policy violation was also something my former boss (he left a few months earlier) had known and approved of over a 3 year period, in fact, I was actually asked to violate the policy on a number of occasions by my superiors.
I think the reason for my termination was pretextual and based on my involvement with this female, and, her ability to file an EEOC complaint. When she was fired I did complain to executives about it and was told not to worry since they would "get someone equally as hot" to replace her. I was not paid out my accrued vacation time, had my benefits immediately terminated and was escorted from the building. I was an exemplary employee and had no negative remarks in my personnel file. Do I have any recourse? This seems wrong.