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Wrongful Termination Court For Being Sick In Michigan
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No, it's definitely wrongful termination. So you should make a complaint to the state labor board that you were fired for legitimate illness, which is discrimination based upon disability, and employees are not allowed to fire you for being sick and using sick time.
Although employers may legally let employees go from their jobs for no reason (when employment is “at will”), it is against federal and state laws to fire someone because of their race, ethnicity, country of origin, gender or sexual orientation, age and/or disability.
Michigan is an at-will employment state, meaning that unless an employment or collective bargaining agreement says otherwise, Michigan employers can terminate employees without prior notice and for any legal reason. Michigan employees also have the right to leave their jobs at any time without providing a reason.
Wrongful termination cases can be difficult to win since the employee must provide evidence that their discharge was unlawful. Although assembling solid proof and hiring legal counsel improves the odds, employers frequently contend the dismissal was justified due to performance-related issues.
If you were sick with a medically verifiable illness and keep your employer properly informed, you may qualify if you are fired. The employer's attendance policy usually will not matter if the absences were for illness. Being sick is not misconduct.
For instance, if an employer fires an employee for refusing to engage in an illegal activity or for fulfilling a legal obligation, such as reporting workplace safety violations or participating in a lawful investigation, it can constitute wrongful termination.
Wrongful termination cases can be difficult to win since the employee must provide evidence that their discharge was unlawful. Although assembling solid proof and hiring legal counsel improves the odds, employers frequently contend the dismissal was justified due to performance-related issues.
When you have a lawyer for a wrongful termination case the likelihood of receiving compensation is 64% and the likelihood of receiving compensation without a lawyer is 30%.
Precise statistics showing the win rates on wrongful termination cases each year compared to the overall number of wrongful termination lawsuits are hard to come by. Nevertheless, estimates range from as low as 30% of wrongful termination cases being successful to as high as 90% of cases succeeding.
