What are my legal remedies for being fired from my job? solution

What are my legal remedies for being fired from my job?

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Employment suggest done over a phone as well as around email. Accepted orally over a phone as well as around email. Gave abdication during stream employer, sealed franchise in brand new city of employment, as well as afterwards sensitive 3 1/2 weeks after pursuit suggest which my upon all sides was no longer needed. Told we was an during will employee. However, we did not determine to anything or was told during a pursuit offer/acceptance routine which we would be an during will employee. we have in essay which my stipulate was from 5/1/07-8/10/07 with compensate to be ,550-,100 formed upon performance. My hours were 1:00 pm to 10:00 pm M-F.

I now attend law propagandize as well as comprehend what a disaster this unequivocally is. we lived in Oklahoma when a stipulate was entered, a pursuit was to be in Kansas City, MO, whilst a employers’ domicile have been in Boston, MA. we pretence jurisidication is in Kansas City, MO. I’m not informed with a practice laws in Missouri. Please help! What have been my authorised remedies?

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psmith7883 said on 22-09-2009

Actually, as opposed to what your first response stated, the emails do constitute a contract. Employment is not covered by the statute of frauds, and therefore does not need to be in writing. There being an offer, an acceptance, and consideration there is a legally binding contract. Not all contracts have to be written to be enforceable, only those covered by the statute of frauds. Also, just b/c one is a law student, doesn’t mean that they know all about the law. If one has not been tought this yet, then they shouldn’t know. Law school is more apt to teaching one how to think like a lawyer, and all though some fundamentals are tought, there is too much involved to teach everything. So many law students will take offense to someone saying, you are in law school, you should know. They are still learning!!!!!!

As opposed to your second response, Legally you did have a job, and illegally, you were let go! Furthermore, the employement was not an at-will employment, b/c there were specific dates that you would be working, and an at-will release does not hold water.

Kacky said on 22-09-2009
	You should know if you are in law school, that those agreements do not constitute a contract. The job is not real until a contract is signed. To Mel, below me…. oh, really? Is that why they pulled the job out from under her?

Walt said on 22-09-2009
	Legally, get a new job.

Mel said on 22-09-2009

Because the employer effectively issued you an employment contract (job offer via e-mail), enticed you away from a current job and caused you to relocate under the expectation that you would be working in a different city, you have sustained damages because the employer rescinded the offer, and indeed have a legitimate claim.

I’m not too familiar with the employment laws in MO either, but here are a couple of links that may help you:
http://www.dol.gov should have a link to the state sites
BTW, I believe jurisdiction may be in MA since a claim will need to be filed against the employer in that location. Kind of depends on how the corporation is structured and what level of autonomy the MO site had for employment matters.

http://www.eeoc.gov may also have some insight to offer.
You may also want to see if your school subscribes to http://www.lawroom.com – this is a great, easy to understand legal resource for employment law, but it is a subscription-only service.

Good luck – this really is an ugly situation and I’m very sorry that you had the misfortune to deal with an employer like this.