I was fired for voting - LONG POST INSIDE

[sageofages]

Originally posted by kddani
it may suck, but you can't really sue and get anything. A lawyer costs a bundle (though for something like this may be able to get it pro bono). The $ in issue is only a few dollars.

You really have no claim for lost wages or loss of opportunity. It's not like you were fired from a regular job that you depended on for income. You weren't fired from a job in which this is a stigma placed upon you that will affect your future employment opportunities.

Yeah, it sucks, but there's nothing to be gained in suing really. If you were to sue, then it would be big news, and you would lose all privacy in your life and come under intense scrutiny by the media and others.

It sucks, but the best way to deal with it would be to try to deal with it quietly and find the right people to reach.

HOWEVER, she has the "discharged for cause" on her employment record and THAT can cause difficulties in seeking some levels of future employment. Whether she receives any sort of financial return in the pursuit of contesting this, she SHOULD DEFINITELY continue that course to change the reason for leaving this position. Simply stating "the job ended" would not be completely correct and if the discharge were mentioned in a reference check (and some entities check thoroughly) she would be disqualified for a position for "inaccuracies" on her application.

Pursue correcting this!