Is it legal to get fired for having surgery that was approved by the employer?
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You can be eligable for rights under the ADA (American's with Disabilities Act.)  Your illness and recuperation could be considered an ADA covered disability.
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yes,\nin america  employers are not allowed to discriminate against anyone for a medical reason.\nit is part of the americans with disablied act.
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No not slander specifically.  Slander involves someone who tells one or more persons an untruth about another, which untruth will harm the reputation of the person defamed. Slander is a civil wrong (tort) and can be the basis for a lawsuit.\n\nWhat your employer may have fired you for is malpractice (depending on what you do), or just simply for bad character, which they can fire you for (check with your employee handbook).\n\nI don't think you will be able to sue for wrongful termination.
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You CAN sue them civilly. However, making your supervisor aware of the situation may be a better option. This is the person you need to care about as far as your work ethic and responsibilities. Your supervisor is also responsible to make sure the rules of your employment place are followed. Plus, if you sue you will also have it documented that you spoke to your employer and the situation was not remedied. There's also a little thing called the Americans With Disabilities Act.\n\nBesdies, who cares what the hens think? One thing we have to face when being a Fibromite is that it's an invisible disability. It would probably be easier and you would be treated kinder if you had a third eye or an amputation. \n\nDon't let anyone get you more down. You control your reaction to the situation, not them.
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You can be fired from a permanent job as long as pregnancy was not the reason.  However, being pregnant does not "protect" you from being fired in itself.  If you are not doing your job or broke some rule, yes, you can be fired.
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NO! It is not legal.....Is that what they told you when they fired you?? Go to your superior and ask if this is really true? They cannot legally fire you for that. I don't know of any employer in the U.S.A. that does not do a criminal check on prospective employees. Your DUI would have shown up at that time.\n\nYou have not been told the truth. This is very strange and you should take it further. It's not right.
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It's not a question of whether or not it's legal, it's a matter of whether or not it's REASONABLE.  If your employer were to be sued for wrongful termination, the magistrate would have to consider whether or not they acted reasonably in firing somebody for having to use the toilet.\n\nPersonally, I would LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE to have that case.  Cha-Ching!!!\n\nI find it impossible to imagine that a magistrate, let alone a JURY, would consider that to be a reasonable practice.
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Ask your surgeon...or a RN at the facility where the surgery was done. \n\nThey should have given you a list of 'to-do's' and 'not-to-do's' on your discharge papers.  Have you looked at them.  This is standard policy to provide you with this...any way if you lost those papers, phone them Monday and ask them...they'll be happy to tell you.  Each person is different and they know your history...and know exactly what you had done...so their advice would be the best. This is one time you DON'T want advice from friends, or on a board like this.
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Well, that's a tough one since anything other than the truth may come back to haunt you, and isn't exactly ethical.\nYou might stretch a little and say that they were cutting back their workforce and you got caught in the reduction process.\nBut if you did get terminated for poor performance, you'd better make sure that you improve whatever it was that got you in hot water to begin with.\nGood luck!
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I believe you can sue the company for your medical bills, for the wrongful termination, for the lawyer's fees (you will need a lawyer!), court fees, and for the other expenses that you incurred after being fired. You need to do it as soon as possible though, because there are time restrictions. You will most definitely win if you sue.
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Yup where I live it is legal and it has happened to me.  There is nothing you can do about it.  I even went as far as getting a lawyer and they even told me there was nothing that could be done.  However, the lawyer contacted the place where I worked and they changed my file to say I left rather than I was fired.
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Tough question.  If you're an at-will employee, in most states, they can fire you for any reason, or no reason at all.  \nSome states have "service letter" statutes, which require that your former employer provide you a written letter explaining why you were fired.  If they don't provide that letter, then you can use them for damages.\nhttp://www.timslaw.com/serviceletter.htm\n\nIn addition, if you were a state employee, you might have certain additional rights. Same thing if you were in a union.\nFinally, this may be a pretext for a discriminatory termination (are you a minority? old? young? different ethnic group? disabled?) If so, then that may give you a cause of action as well.\n\nI would talk to a lawyer soon, not with the expectation that you will get to sue, but he will listen to your circumstance and give you reasonable advice.  Most plaintiffs' employment lawyers will not charge you for an initial consultation and will not charge fees (but will charge costs) unless you are successful.
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Unless you have a contract (union, etc.), an employer can fire you for whatever reason they like (unless, of course, if it's discrimination).  You can be fired if your employer doesn't like the color of your shoes, or for no reason whatsoever.
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It depends on your company policy (you should have handbook, or contact HR department) regarding medical/emergency leave, and whether you complied with all the necessary documents - did you submit doctor's note with time frame for return, apply for disability, etc.\n\nHowever, it is legal if your employer has less than 50 employees, according to the Louisiana Department of Labor - http://www.ldol.state.la.us/job_laborlawfaq.asp?Portal=WRK\n\nAre there any legal restrictions against firing, suspending or disciplining employees?\n\nLouisiana is known as an employment-at-will state. Generally, this means that an employer may legally hire, fire, suspend or discipline any employee at any time and for any reason - good or bad - or for no reason at all. However, an employer may not discriminate against any employee on the basis of the employee's race, sex, age, religion, color, national origin, or disability. Louisiana law also prohibits discrimination on the basis of pregnancy or childbirth, sickle cell trait, handicap, and smoking.\n\nEmployees who are fired may still apply for unemployment insurance benefits. The Louisiana Department of Labor's Office of Regulatory Services will determine eligibility. Further information may be found under the Unemployment Insurance section of this Web site at: http://www.ldol.state.la.us/job_uifaq.asp\n\nHowever, if your employer has 50 or more employees, you may be protected under FMLA - Family and Medical Leave Act \n\nUnder the Family and Medical Leave Act, or FMLA, employers having 50 or more employees must grant medical leave to some employees in certain circumstances without the threat of the loss of their job. Questions concerning the enforcement of FMLA matters should be directed to the FMLA section of the United States Department of Labor's Web site at http://www.dol.gov/esa/whd/fmla/
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no.\nif you were fired for misconduct, which is an umbrella for excessive attendance, excessive tardies, embezellment, fraud, misuse of company assets, sexual harrassment etc. \nyour up the creek w/out paddle. however fired for other reason such as poor performance or company cutback.... maybe. and also umemloyment.\n get your company handbook, where you entitled to vacation based in tenure already? \nalso  get in touch with dept of labor for your state.
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Laws vary from state to state. I live in a "right-to-work" state where an employer can do pretty much anything he or she wants to do whenever they want to do it. I can get fired if the boss doesn't like the car I drive, for example. I actually got fired four years ago on the day before Christmas because the boss changed his mind about giving me a finished-project bonus he had promised to give me "at Christmas." Of course, none of this was in writing, so I had no recourse. Employment contracts and union membership make a legal difference, however.\n\nI got so fed up with being chewed-up and then spit out by modern businesses that I started my own business. I wildly overpay my employees and treat them like royalty. Guess what? Production and morale is high...turnover is non-existent, and business is so good I can barely handle it. What a novel idea!
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In Michigan we have at will employees, companys can fire you for no reason at all. Only thing that can stop that is a union contract.  However that gets abused and many an employee that should be fired isn't becuse of the contract.