Wrongful Termination

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Retaliatory Discharge - Discrimination - Harassment - Whistle Blower

Donna Ballman, has been a featured speaker at numerous seminars and prolific author on a variety of employment law issues, as well as a distinguished employment law attorney with 38 years of experience in employment related matters.

Wrongful Termination

While there are no formal wrongful termination laws in Florida, it is still impermissible to terminate someone's employment for certain reasons, including:

  • Violation of an existing employment contract - while generally Florida is an employment at will state, an employer can breach an employment contract
  • Harassment - including sexual harassment, and harassment regarding age, race, religion, national origin, disability, marital status, or color
  • Discrimination - including age discrimination, handicap discrimination, sex discrimination, race discrimination, religious discrimination, and national origin discrimination
  • Retaliatory discharge - including being discharged for filing a workers' compensation claim, seeking FMLA benefits, or objecting to or refusing to participate in an illegal activity, reporting illegal activity or objecting to improper conduct

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