Fired after working multiple shifts mn
employment attorney Minnesota Aug 12, 2026
Hi all. I'm looking for some legal advice here. So June 2025, I began working at a company in minnesota. I started work, worked for about a week. Then was all of a sudden "laid off until my criminal case resolved" because they were informed by another employee I had an ongoing criminal case and that coworker "didnt feel comfortable me working there". I filed unemployment, the company argued that I didnt inform them, to which they never asked anything about it nor did I lie or hide anything on my application. The unemployment judge ruled in my favor and awarded me unemployment. Which obviously, only 1 week of work isnt any unemployment funds. I'm not concerned about the unemployment. I was disqualified due to being fired from my previous job as I was incarcerated for 3 months, so I needed to show unemployment i made i think $1,450 and lost a job AFTER being fired. My main concern and question, my criminal case began approximately 8 months before starting work at this job. I was "laid off" with never having any issue with any coworker, customer, managers loved me, it was all because 1 coworker mentioned my legal case to the boss. So my question being, do i have any legal action i can take? Im kinda lost and unsure if theres anything I can do legally? Location: Minnesota
