After a very hostile workplace conflict a year ago, I immediately decided to quit a job. I wasn't forced out or anything but I was talked about immediately after the incident occured and I left within a few minutes of the conflict because the supervisor had not intervened until she saw that I was on my way out the door and she basically got scared because she knew that she was understaffed as it was and she needed me to stay there. I know that "voluntarily" quitting a job makes it harder to take legal action or anything like that, but I am suffering severe distress over this job incident, even though it happened over a year ago and I can't move on from it because there was no real resolution and I was made to look very bad. Another thing, the coworker that I had the conflict with had been fired twice previously from that company so would that give me leverage in anyway.
2007-12-02 00:40:50 · 2 answers · asked by GilmoreGirls1 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
You can sue a former employer. But you have to have a valid reason in order to prevail. You may have to show illegal discrimination. Or make a case of slander or libel. In some states the statute of limitations for filing suit is only one year. So, the thing to do is call an attorney tomorrow.
2007-12-02 00:48:50 · answer #1 · answered by regerugged 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
NO FORMAL COMPLAINT AT THE TIME means as far as the company is concerned, the "incident" probably never happened; and a year later, you're going to need pretty tremendous proof and witnesses to go anywhere.
I'd forget it.
2007-12-02 01:34:24 · answer #2 · answered by wizjp 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋