Columbus, OH asked in Employment Discrimination, Employment Law and Sexual Harassment for Ohio

Q: Can someone accuse you of sexual harrasment when you was joking with a friend on the pack line about a item that you was

Sending down the line and the person that accused me was just ease dropping in to the convo but i did apologized to the person but i was terminated on sexual harrasment when i was no where near her never spoke to her only to apologize if i offended her and the comment wasnt towards her but there are other cases that was worse then mine in hr as management and process assistant only being lewd and nude pics and they only wrote them up and a process assistant using company time and resources to hunt females phone numbers up just to ask for dates and he gets a two hour convo with our gm about how its wrong or a female that touches people and invades people private space only gets a write up mean while i say one thing joking and i get fired

1 Lawyer Answer

A: Unless you had a written employment contract your employer can terminate you for any reason.

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