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Wrongful Termination issue under KS State Law.My father has worked for a non-union distribution plant for over 35 years, he is 64 years old. The company was aware that he was set to retire in January when he turns 65. They fired him this week, on a Tuesday, but did not inform him until two days later after having him work two days for 10 hours each. The reason for his firing was that he was not reaching production expectation. He was in the low to mid 90's but they said he has to be 100. Upper management have been on him for this issue but if looked into most employees have the same production score and no one has been terminated for this. Do we have legal recourse in the reason he was fire and/or keeping him working after his termination was issued? Attorney answers (1)
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Answered over 2 years ago.
Lawsuit / Dispute Attorney in Chicago, IL.
If you are an at-will employee, you can be fired for any reason or no reason, except unlawful discrimination.
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