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WRONGFUL DISCHARGE
Under Florida law there is no legal cause of action for wrongful discharge.
For a discharge from employment to be unlawful, it would have to be in
violation of one of the specific federal and state laws. Even though
a discharge may be "unfair," "unjust," "stupid," or
even just because a boss wants to hire a son, daughter, girlfriend, or
boyfriend, it does not necessarily give an employee a legal basis for
suing the boss or employer. To file a lawsuit against an employer, the
employer would have to have breached its contract with the employee (or
union agreement, etc.), or be in violation of a specific government law,
rule or regulation, or committed a common law "tort" such as
fraud, failure to pay wages, failure to pay commissions earned, etc.
Wrongful Discharge is not a common law tort in Florida.
Akers & Boswell, PA
1601 Belvedere Road Suite 106-E
West Palm Beach, Florida 33406
(561) 547 6300 - (561) 828 9212 FAX
