If you are being sexually harrassed by a co-worker, and you decide to press charges can your boss then fire you according to law?
2007-01-19 12:57:09 · 11 answers · asked by Kacey 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
no, but they can fire you for any number of other reasons so you better be on your best behavior. generally the only reasons a person cannot be fired are pending charges (your case) if they're on family/medical leave, in the service, or because of one of the protected classes under the civil rights amendment--religion, age, etc.
2007-01-19 13:26:59 · answer #1 · answered by crow_326 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No - not legally, though they can indeed always lie about why they are firing you, and it will be up to you to prove otherwise, which can be hard to do.
P.S. -- Sexual harassment may or may not be a crime, depending on the actions and the state, but it is against the law in all the US (Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act), and charges can be brought either civilly, or with the Labor BOard or EEOC.
2007-01-19 13:10:57 · answer #2 · answered by C_Bar 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-15 11:33:48 · answer #3 · answered by xie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Press charges for what? Sexual harassment is not an actual crime. It is a policy that all workplaces must (and should) abide by. It is not a matter the police look into unless it escalates into something like sexual battery (i.e unwanted touching of the sexual organs)
2007-01-19 19:06:52 · answer #4 · answered by gunsandammoatwork 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Not for that reason. It's called retaliation and is not tolerated by law. Now proving it is a different thiing.
2007-01-19 13:54:35 · answer #5 · answered by Leigh P 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not legally. If you think that is what happened you should go to the labor board or get an attorney.
2007-01-19 13:28:20 · answer #6 · answered by James P 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If they do fire you they will say it's for a different reason.
2007-01-19 13:08:56 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Supposedly not, but he could make up a different reason for letting you go.
2007-01-19 13:44:52 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no. thast retaliation and the EEOC will take your case.
2007-01-19 13:53:08 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
nope
2007-01-19 13:37:51 · answer #10 · answered by SWT 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋