Wrongful Termination

Wrongful termination，also called “wrongful dismissal” or “wrongful discharge”, is a legal phrase to describe a situation, in which an employer has terminated the contract of employment and discharged or laid off an employee in violation of a legal right of the employee or a statute provision in employment law.

Wrongful termination is the most common term used for an unfair employment discharge. However, not every unfair employment discharge constitutes wrongful termination. It is obvious that the most important premise here is “wrongful” or “illegal”. So an employer must discharge an employee “wrongfully” or “illegally” to constitute wrongful termination. If the discharge is not illegal, then it won’t be treated as “wrongful termination”, regardless of how unfair it seems, at least in the legal sense.

So if you feel that you have been fired for reasons that are illegal, and want to raise a wrongful termination claim, it is not enough for you to simply show you were treated unfairly but you must show that the dismissal was “wrongful”. Contact an experienced workers compensation lawyer to discuss the circumstances of your termination.