Stroud & Harper, P.C. Laywers

Workers’ Compensation Retaliation Claims

In the State of Tennessee, it is illegal for an employer to fire an employee because the employee made a claim for workers’ compensation benefits.  Generally speaking, an employee must file such a claim with the appropriate court within one year of learning of the employer’s decision to terminate employment.

Unfortunately, at this time Mississippi law does not expressly prohibit a Mississippi employer from firing an employee for making a workers’ compensation claim.

MISSISSIPPI RESIDENTS:

LET YOUR VOICE BE HEARD!  CONTACT YOUR STATE REPRESENTATIVES AND TELL THEM THAT MISSISSIPPI SHOULD TAKE A STAND TO PROTECT ITS WORKERS BY PASSING LEGISLATION TO MAKE IT UNLAWFUL FOR AN EMPLOYER TO FIRE AN EMPLOYEE WHO MAKES A CLAIM FOR WORKERS' COMPENSATION BENEFITS.

• Age Discrimination
• Americans with Disability Act (ADA)
• Civil Servants – dismissal from employment without cause
• Employment Contracts
• ERISA / Employee Benefits
• Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) claims – overtime; wage and hour
• Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
• Harassment Based on an Employee’s Race, Color or National Origin
• Malicious Interference with Employment Relationship
• National Origin / Ethnicity Discrimination
• Non-Compete and Non-Solicitation Issues
• Polygraph Disputes with Employers
• Pregnancy Discrimination
• Race/Color Discrimination
• Religious Discrimination
• Retaliatory Discharge and Other Forms of Retaliation Against Employees
• Separation Agreements / Severance Packages
• Sex/Gender Discrimination
• Sexual Harassment
• Tennessee Human Rights Act
• Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA) – military leave claims
• Whistleblower / Illegal Activity Claims
• Workers' Compensation Retaliation Claims