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tdh28
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New Mexico
I was fired today because my wife is not a US citizen. We are currently separated and going to get a divorce. I am newly hired and my company's job offer, which I signed, says nothing about obtaining a security clearance for this position. The offer does state that employment can be terminated for any reason, but an additional letter from the company states that all applicants are considered regardless of national origin, marital or veteran status, any other legally protected status, .... The company wanted to obtain a temporary clearance for me, but couldn't due to my wife's citizenship. It is not impossible to obtain a security clearance, it just takes longer going through the normal clearance process. In fact another company previously conducted a preliminary background check on both myself and my wife and concluded that my wife would not pose a problem obtaining a clearance. My supervisor stated that his company is not willing to wait for the clearance process. It just so happened that the morning I was fired, the FBI was scheduled to conduct their annual security audit, and I was promptly fired before they showed up.
Can anyone tell me if the company has a legal right to terminate my employment?
I was fired today because my wife is not a US citizen. We are currently separated and going to get a divorce. I am newly hired and my company's job offer, which I signed, says nothing about obtaining a security clearance for this position. The offer does state that employment can be terminated for any reason, but an additional letter from the company states that all applicants are considered regardless of national origin, marital or veteran status, any other legally protected status, .... The company wanted to obtain a temporary clearance for me, but couldn't due to my wife's citizenship. It is not impossible to obtain a security clearance, it just takes longer going through the normal clearance process. In fact another company previously conducted a preliminary background check on both myself and my wife and concluded that my wife would not pose a problem obtaining a clearance. My supervisor stated that his company is not willing to wait for the clearance process. It just so happened that the morning I was fired, the FBI was scheduled to conduct their annual security audit, and I was promptly fired before they showed up.
Can anyone tell me if the company has a legal right to terminate my employment?
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