I have a friend who was recently fired?

Question

from their job and the disgruntled employer was paying them a regular standard pay and paying them in other ways i.e. :backdoor/ under the table. For similar work of another bussiness owned by this same employer, as he did for other employees i.e.: paying credit accts not associated with the bussiness, cell phone bills, allowing company fuel cards to be used for personal recreation,etc. just to name a few.
Now he is claiming my friend had frauded the company and is sueing for repayment of these wages over the last 10 years.this employer has practiced this type of wage paying for more than 30 years, my friend was employed for 24 years. Im sure that my friend has dirt on the company i.e.: storing of goods illegaly, abuse, discrimination, lying to IRS and revenue canada, and more. Is there anything my friend can do to deter such action in/out of court or even anything that maybe bends but not breaks the string of law?

sorry I left out that the employer has taken legal action and has been destroying my friends life privately by telling friends and family that it was stolen and not given as wages as was agreed by the two in the begining. serious answers only the employer is claiming over 1,000,000 $ we dont need the smarta!! ANSWERS THERE IS ENOUGH STRESS thank you

Answer 1

If I was your friend, I would simply remind the employer I had been there a very long time then ask, "Do you really want us to discuss illegal actions in a public setting?"

My answer was not meant to be sarcastic or smarta** [in case you were referring to me.]


Thank you, Nocholesta. And I agree with your addition. Many a situation is calmed considerably by a letter from an attorney. An attorney maybe a good idea anyway. It sounds like the employer wishes to play dirty & no one plays dirty better than an attorney. The friend may have a very good claim & wish to sue - on the lawyer's advice, of course.

Answer 2

Snobalz nailed it but I would recommend that he get a lawyer to make that threat official. The type of person who would so casually break laws for so long might not think twice about hiring someone to beat your friend to a pulp if he started threatening. He would probably hesitate to do that if a lawyer were already standing by hired by your friends family.
Its simply amazing what a well written letter with a lawyers letterhead can accomplish with dishonest people.

Answer 3

File a case of illegal dismissal against the employer because the cause of dismissal was harsh considering the employee had already served for a long time.