{"id":451,"date":"2018-10-30T10:44:19","date_gmt":"2018-10-30T10:44:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/elizabethtatelaw\/?p=451"},"modified":"2019-08-05T10:45:34","modified_gmt":"2019-08-05T10:45:34","slug":"was-your-termination-a-breach-of-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.elizabethtatelaw.com\/was-your-termination-a-breach-of-contract\/","title":{"rendered":"Was your termination a breach of contract?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Imagine you&#8217;ve been working in the same job &#8212; at the same law firm &#8212; for the last 16 years. When you started at the company, you were in your early 20s, straight out of college, and now you&#8217;re almost 40.<\/p>\n<p>You gave your youth to that job, and you found it rewarding, but last week you were unexpectedly terminated from your position. That&#8217;s when you decided to read the dusty old employment contract you signed so many years ago.<\/p>\n<p>After a cursory review, it appears that your employer may have <a href=\"https:\/\/employment.findlaw.com\/losing-a-job\/wrongful-termination-checklist.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">wrongfully terminated you in violation of the contract<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>When a wrongful termination breaches your employment contract<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>One of the most common types of employment-related wrongful termination happens in violation of an employment contract. Sometimes, these violations contradict the terms of a written contract. Other times, they violate the terms of an oral or implied contract. If you suspect this happened to you, check to see if you can answer &#8220;yes&#8221; to any of these questions:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Did you have a written contract and did it lay the ground rules for a permissible situation that warrants termination, or a procedure to follow for termination?<\/li>\n<li>Does your employer offer a detailed handbook for employees and did it talk about discipline, termination or advancement procedures?<\/li>\n<li>Did your employer ever give you a verbal promise, like, &#8220;Don&#8217;t worry, your job is guaranteed,&#8221; or, &#8220;Don&#8217;t worry, you have tenure now,&#8221; in relation to your employment?<\/li>\n<li class=\"last-child\">Did your supervisor or employer every communicate any information that you can only be fired under specifically stated circumstances?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you can answer &#8220;yes&#8221; to at least one of these questions, this fact could potentially support a legal claim for wrongful termination depending on the background information that surrounds the issue.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Did you lose your job under suspicious circumstances?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you <a href=\"https:\/\/www.elizabethtatelaw.com\/employment-law\/wrongful-termination\/\">lost your job under suspicious circumstances<\/a>, make sure you learn about your employment rights under Arizona and federal law. Understanding more about your legal issues &#8212; and the laws that apply to it &#8212; will give you a better sense of whether you have a viable claim that warrants pursuit in court.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Imagine you&#8217;ve been working in the same job &#8212; at the same law firm &#8212; for the last 16 years. When you started at the company, you were in your early 20s, straight out of college, and now you&#8217;re almost 40. 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