Q: I was fired due to an accident driving a truck I was never fully trained to drive....do you think I have a case
Normal training for the position is 3 to 4 weeks, they gave me 4 days worth of training and even when I told them I was uncomfortable they pushed me to drive and told me to before confident
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In California, an employer can terminate you for any reason or no reason, but not a prohibited reason such as hostility toward a protected class such as race, religion, gender, gender expression, national origin, military service, pregnancy, disability or opposing illegal conduct.
Here, it would be difficult to argue that your feeling unprepared to drive is the same as opposing illegal conduct, unless there are objective qualifications that you did not meet before driving.
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No you have no case against the employer. An employer has no legal duty to train their employees to do their job and can still terminate the employee for not doing the job right. I know that is grossly unfair, but you can be fired for any reason or no reason at all.
Good luck to you.
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