Legal Question in Employment Law in Florida

Terminated without the promised training

My husband was recently terminated from a job that, on their web site, promises extensive training. In his 90 day probation period, he was given no training and was terminated for not understanding the products offered at his job. My wonder is if there is anything to protect the employee who has been drawn under false impressions. I think that an emloyer should be held accountable for what their web site states. His previous employer's web site states,and still states, that they offer extensive traing and are even willing to pay for hotel accomodations while in traing. My husband left a perfectly good job, that even offered him more money to retain his employment, and several job offers for this job. My concern is not so much the fact that he was terminated, it is the fact they, in a sense, give ''false advertisment'' of their offered training . There are employees who can testify to the fact that they offered no traing. The company should be forced to remove the web sites traing section. They should know that they do not have the right to create false expectations to draw prospective employees. I am fully aware that Florida is an at-will state. I am not disputing the fact of whether or not he was wrongfully dischared.


Asked on 12/04/05, 8:27 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Keith Stern Shavitz Law Group

Re: Terminated without the promised training

As you noted, Florida is an at-will State. This is the most important (and unfortunate) legal hurdle given that the law in Florida does not otherwise protect employees in the situation you've described. There is no statute, nor any case law, which outlaws the type of conduct which we would like to see eradicated from our workplaces.

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Answered on 12/04/05, 8:33 pm


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