Fired for not having Sex
I worked for BP a few years ago and the Assistant Manager had a crush on me even though he knew I had a boyfriend. He asked me to go out with him multiple times and I declined.
One day I needed a day off because I was throwing a birthday party for my 3 year-old and he was the only one that would work for me. The catch was I had to go on a date with him.
My BF had cheated on me so many times so I felt I was well within my rights and went. We went to a movie, played video games together, and he took me home. When my BF found out he confronted my Assistant Manager about the ordeal, but even that didn't keep him from still pursuing me even going to lengths of telling me he wanted to have sex with me. Also according to him he had been confronted by an angry BF on a previous job for the same reasons.
A month later BP started changing how things were to be done within the store. We had to learn these new rules and forget the old ones. During this time one of the other Assistant Managers informed me that I was going to be fired for not "having sex" with the Assistant Manager that took me out. He claimed he over heard the store manager saying this. So I began to search for another job while doing everything the best I could at work.
One day I forgot to take the salads from the display cooler and put them in the back cooler - a new procedure (We would just be another sticker over the old one so customers would think it was fresh which was "correct procedure"). As I walked up to the door of BP the store manager and the cafe manager met me at the door and told me that they were letting me go because I failed to take the salads from the front cooler and put them in the back cooler, they claimed I made "too many" personal phone calls (My mom called me twice at work because my 3 year-old was really sick) and they brought up the incident with my boyfriend.
I tried to sue for sexual harassment, but every lawyer told me it was my word against the companies and I didn't have a solid sexual harassment case.
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Why would you stay if your BF cheated on you so many times???
Plain stupidity.
if you have another manager who overheard his statements, that would be some proof. also, i think if your bf could corroborate that you went out w/the guy and you didnt want to, that would be some proof too. mention these things to attorneys, and i think you might be able to get a case.
also, did they have a procedure for termination...ie, one verbal warning, one written warnng, then termination? if so, they are required to follow that course of action unless gross misconduct had occurred, fior example, if you were caught stealing or fighting or came in drunk, etc. since no is making claims like that, you may well have a wrongful termination suit.
Chalk this up to experience and take the pain.