my friend was just fired from his job and is curious if he has a case for wrongful termination in florida
hi, my friend was employed by a company located on the west coast of florida. this small company fired him today and did not give a reason why. i understand that florida is one of those states where companies can fire without reason and there are no unions however, i think my friend could have a case for wrongful termination.
this past week was the company’s retreat where people from both offices came to florida and spent a week to develop company morale and connection. however, by the end of the trip, one of the senior staff got extremely drunk and physically abused her boyfriend who is also the ceo of the company and was verbally abusive and behaving in a dangerous way in front of staff. she literally stabbed the ceo with a fork and he had scratch marks all over him. a lot of the staff were scared and she was put on temporary leave. by the end of the trip, my friend told the ceo that he felt uncomfortable by the behavior and is scared to work with that person because she is his direct boss. the ceo reassured that it will be okay but then the next day, my friend realized that the abusive woman had disabled all his accounts relating to his job without warning. he called the ceo and told him about this and was saying that this was not okay because he feels like she did it because he spoke out against her behavior during the company retreat. the ceo again reassured him that he wasn’t fired and got his accounts back.
however, today, the ceo finally did fire him without reason but i think the reason is because the abusive staff member/girlfriend of the ceo was upset that my friend spoke out about her behavior and how she made everyone else feel extremely uncomfortable and scared she would hurt them too. would this be wrongful termination?