How to successfully defend misconduct as failure to properly perform duties

[divinityc]

I was terminated from a municipality for misconduct because I was charged with falsifying a government record by entering incorrect information by mistake. The employer states that legally falsification does not require intent. I admit that I entered incorrect information on the record, but my coworkers commit similar clerical errors on government records but have not been terminated. How can I support my claim that I was wrongfully terminated?

 

[cbg]

To successfully support a claim of wrongful termination, you would need to be able to show that there is a law that prevented the employer from firing you for the reason he did. Wrongful termination does not mean that you were fired for something you did not do; it does not mean that your termination was unfair, and it does not mean that you and your employer disagree on the semantics (in this case, where you agree that the information was correct but disagree that it was done intentionally). Wrongful termination means that it was ILLEGAL for your employer to fire you for the reason he did.

If your question relates to unemployment, it is not necessary for you to prove illegality for you to get benefits. The vast majority of people collecting unemployment were legally terminated. You tell your story, the employer tells theirs, and the state decides which story they like best.

 

[divinityc]

Thank you for your reply. The state has already decided that they like my employer's story best. The state allowed my employer to assert that a multitude of legal cases were thrown out based on my error, when in fact they fired their witness and could not put on a credible case. I wish to appeal it for judicial review but don't know what to say