Wrongful termination letter or also known as grievance letter is a notice that written when someone believes that he is terminated in violation of employment contract or even law by the employer. The letter supposed to show disagreement over employment termination to the employer. Learn how you can write a proper on below.
How Do I Write A Letter of Wrongful Termination?
To write grievance letter, you need to:
Address it to the right person
Write summary of your termination
Explain your dispute
Provide period of time for response
Attach supporting documents
Put your signature
Is Wrongful Termination Hard to Prove?
As unfortunate as it is, wrongful termination or discrimination is hard to prove and win in law. You have to provide strong prove and evidences that your employer acted with certain motivation against the law.
What Are Wrongful Termination Examples?
Here are some examples of wrongful termination to identify if your claim is valid:
Discrimination of race, age, religion, disability, or pregnancy
Discrimination of age
Unhealthy workplace that tolerates harassments
Retaliation of employees’ compensation claim
Unpaid overtime or work hours and wage disputes
How Do I Sue My Former Employer for Wrongful Termination?
You may prove discrimination by presenting evidence that the stated reason by your employer is false. Other way to prove it is to show evidence of how the company fails to adhere to its policies related to alleged misconduct investigations.
Sample of Unfair Dismissal Letter
Read a sample of wrongful termination letter below:
Dear Mr. O’Connor,
On Tuesday, November 24th, I was terminated from my job position as Oakland Warehouse Stocker for failure to do my job. I request your review based on my presented termination details in the following.
My work hours were decreased to four days a week since last week of September, but my schedule changes each week due to bi-weekly payroll system. The company’s accountant asked me to work extra day twice per month in order to allow potential delay for mailing.
The warehouse branch manager sent me a voice mail in Tuesday, November 24th, requesting me to come in the Wednesday to do invoice even though the day is not on my schedule. Then I contacted the accountant during lunch time to tell that I’d come in Friday because I am not scheduled to work on Wednesday and Thursday.
After we were done on the phone, the accountant reached the branch manager and told him to terminate me. The actual error was on the company’s accountant, because if I came in Wednesday, then the invoices would undergo two days of delay. I am convinced that I was wrongfully terminated.
Please consider my situation and do contact me if you can resolve the situation.
Best Regards,
John Lynch
Drafting and submitting wrongful termination letter is the first step you can do after being terminated. However, always remember that you still have to follow the procedure of termination dispute strictly, or else you may face legal due to false accusation.
