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My employment was terminated due to being charged with sexual harrasment. 18 months ago a coworker informed us of a nickname she had at a previous job. Everyone thought it was funny. Another coworker stated it sounded like a "stripper" name. I verbally stated aloud that i agreed with his statement. Fast forward 18 month she's in the office complaining about thay incident, and I find myself out of a job. My boss said there is no statute of limitations on harrasment charges. Is he correct?
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There would be a statute of limitations to a sexual harassment complaint to be filed in court. But there is no such limit to an employee complaining to the employer who then decides to terminate you for what occurred 18 months earlier. Were any of the other employees who were involved at that time also terminated? If so, you have no claim. If you were the only one let go and the others remained at work, then the question would be why the employer singled you out. If that reason was based on illegal discrimination (race, gender, age, etc) or retaliation for some protected complaint or act you took, then you might have a claim for that by arguing that the company simply used the employee's old complaint as a pretext to terminate you and really did so for an illegal motive.
Answered on Jun 10th, 2015 at 12:47 PM