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Worked for restaurant for over six years. I bartend served and trained all new employees including employees at their other restuarants an hour away, for no extra pay. Always picked up extra shifts and did odd jobs for the owners. I was always on time and was the best at my job, my coworkers and customers adored me. My manager (who is married to a chef) and I were having relations for two months prior to me getting fired and had cooled.off the last month . Rhen I walk in december first and I am mysteriously fired. The was no incident or writeups or warnings. Do I have a case?
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Sharon Adams
It depends. Based upon what you said in your question, you may have a sexual harassment case. For example, if you cut off the relationship with your Manager and he/she terminated you because of that, then you might have a case based upon a "quid pro quo" theory of liability. I would need more information about the nature of the relationship. Also, whether it was the manager who made the decision to fire you. In my experience, these can be tricky cases because sexual harassment is only harassment if the attention was unwelcome.
Answered on Jan 07th, 2014 at 9:02 AM
No. You can be terminated for any reason or no reason whatsoever as long as you are not terminated for an illegal reason. It doesn't sound like you were terminated for an unlawful reason. However, you likely should receive unemployment benefits.
Answered on Dec 26th, 2013 at 11:09 PM
Matthew J.P. Coffman The answer provided is not legal advice and it is recommended that you seek advice of an attorney. My office # is 614-949-1181.