Current Events > Did my friend get fired unlawfully?

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So my friend in Colorado started working for this bar a few months ago as they just opened. Like she was one of the first people hired in it's entire history. A week or so ago all the people who worked there including her got called into a mandatory meeting and they were told that the bar is closing and everyone was laid off. Now, she had one of her managers on instagram and she noticed recently there were pictures of the bar still open. I called them today and asked "hey how late are you guys open?" And they told me they were open until whatever time. So the bar is actually still running they just lied about it closing and laid everyone off.

I live in Indiana and I know in Indiana you can be fired for basically no reason but are the labor laws in Colorado more liberal? I feel like she should be allowed to sue.

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You can always sue. Employment law is a bit of a grey area with a lot of stuff like "bad faith" and so forth that depends on how good your lawyer is in convincing a judge.

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So the bar is actually still running they just lied about it closing and laid everyone off.

Lol how does that even work. Like do they just expect them to forget the place exists after being fired and never notice it's still open

Anyway basic search says Colorado is an at-will state (Where they can fire for any reason outside of discrimination) but they seemed to have changed some of the laws regarding that so you'd probably have to look into it more in depth