Recently I was fired from my job. When speaking with my boss he gave no solid reason for my dismissal. He said that my job performance was not an issue that I was one of the best on the staff. However I was involved in an slight altercation with a person below me. This person verbally assaulted me and we got into an argument and he yelled and cussed at me and as his manager I yelled at him to calm down and stop cussing. The other manager on my shift however saw the altercation after he had got into my face and wanted to fight. So she told my boss what happened in her perception and I think that is the reason why I was terminated. I feel that I was descriminated because of my past. I have always had a temperment issue. My co-workers though have never made it known to me that there was a problem. Since I was only doing my job by tring to calm this kid down in a public restaurant I feel that there was no reason for my termination. Do I have a case?

Federal law says that illegal discrimination is treating someone differently because of that person's gender, age, race, religion, national origin, disability or pregnancy. Retaliation against someone for filing a claim of discrimination is also illegal.

In Illinois, it is illegal to discriminate against a person because of that person's race, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status (with regard to employment ), age 40 and over, marital status, physical or mental handicap, military service or unfavorable military discharge.

Based on your description, it doesn't sound like you were terminated for any of those reasons.

As long as the employer is not violating a law, it is legal to terminate a person for any other reason, absent some sort of employment contract.

Let me know if you have any other questions. Good luck.