Walking Papers

Getting fired from your job is one of the biggest fears that any employee has at the back of their minds. When your personal stability is shattered because a major source of income is taken away, it becomes a stressful and at times, a traumatic experience. But what if you were terminated unjustly or the grounds for removing employment are unfounded? Can you sue your employer for damages caused by your termination?  In this episode of Walking Papers, attorney Josh Van Kampen of Van Kampen Law discusses wrongful termination damages and what lawyers typically deal with in cases like this. There are different types of damages that you can seek to recover, and Attorney Van Kampen refers to these as buckets. 02:51 There’s the back pay and back fringe benefits 03:56, the discretionary front pay and fringe benefits 08:11, reputational damages 09:40 and consequential damages 10:57. He also talks about other buckets that my have damage caps on them, like emotional distress 12:47 and liquidated punitive damages