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Friday I was laid off of work from a vocational center whose sole statement is to employ persons with disabilities. I have a traumatic brain injury and was working with this company. I was working in a new e-recycling department, barely a year old. I took part in several time studies involving the disassembly of televisions and computers. After these studies, we were told to be able to meet a specific time in which a tv or computer should be disassembled. There are multiple factors which can speed up or slow down this process such as age, size, and technology of a component. A larger tv takes longer to disassemble than a smaller one, so as such the time on the days when I worked on larger tvs versus the days when I worked on smaller ones were dramatic. I am by far not the slowest person to dismantle, nor am I the fastest either, yet for some reason I was laid off with 2 weeks of severance pay. It is clear that this company is sacrificing their mission statement over performance
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North Carolina is an employment-at-will state which means you can be fired for any reason and there is no liability for the employer unless there is an unlawful motive for the action taken against you. There are generally only two forms of unlawful motives: unlawful discrimination or unlawful retaliation. Discrimination in employment is unlawful if it is due to race, color, sex, national origin, religion, disability or age 40 or older. Retaliation in employment is unlawful if you engaged in one of a handful of "legally protected" activities and were fired for engaging in that activity. If either of these was the motive for the termination, then you may have a claim for unlawful termination.
However, I see neither in these facts.
Answered on Jan 15th, 2016 at 4:57 AM
I am an experienced attorney focusing on employment law in North Carolina and Tennessee. This post/response is not meant to constitute legal advice.