What is the name of your state?Texas
My wife got terminated recently. They claim she was laid off. The company recently filed for bankruptcy protection. They are laying off a great deal of people. However, here is the difference with my wife's situation.
She is pregnant. The company has in the past agreed to let expecting mothers not perform x rays due to the radiation and the health of the baby. With that said, when they terminated her, they never gave her an explantion of why she was laid off. They asked her 2 questions before they let her go. They let her know that the one spot they had left was between her and another person that was being paid considerably less than her. The two questions were, "Will you perform xrays?" Her response was, "Not as long as I am pregnant. Just like they have granted other expectant mothers."
The second questions was, "Do you speak Spanish?" Her reply was "No"
Then she gets a call 20 minuets later that she is being terminated.
We feel that she was terminated for her pregnancy and also possibly that she did not know Spanish. Interesting in the fact that she has been with the company for 7 years and Spanish was never an issue before. Shouldn't they have given her an opportunity to learn? Is there any recourse we can take for wrongful termination?
Any advice would be appreciated!!!
My wife got terminated recently. They claim she was laid off. The company recently filed for bankruptcy protection. They are laying off a great deal of people. However, here is the difference with my wife's situation.
She is pregnant. The company has in the past agreed to let expecting mothers not perform x rays due to the radiation and the health of the baby. With that said, when they terminated her, they never gave her an explantion of why she was laid off. They asked her 2 questions before they let her go. They let her know that the one spot they had left was between her and another person that was being paid considerably less than her. The two questions were, "Will you perform xrays?" Her response was, "Not as long as I am pregnant. Just like they have granted other expectant mothers."
The second questions was, "Do you speak Spanish?" Her reply was "No"
Then she gets a call 20 minuets later that she is being terminated.
We feel that she was terminated for her pregnancy and also possibly that she did not know Spanish. Interesting in the fact that she has been with the company for 7 years and Spanish was never an issue before. Shouldn't they have given her an opportunity to learn? Is there any recourse we can take for wrongful termination?
Any advice would be appreciated!!!