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wimiles
Ok, here is the scenerio. I am 23 years of age, and male. I am dating a 16 year old female. The place I work got wind of this, and they believe it to be illeagal. They are currently considering terminating my employment, because they believe that they can not knowingly employ a person who they know to be commiting a criminal act. Here are the facts:
1: My girlfriend's parent knows that I am dating her daughter, and is ok with it. I have full consent.
2: The way my place of employment happened to find out is someone seen me outside of work, and knew the person I was with, and knew she was only 16, and took this information to my boss. I never took any proof, or even reason to believe I was dating into work. I try very hard to seperate my work from personal affairs.
3: My girlfriend turns 17 in 3 months. (I know the laws change even furthur in my favor when she turns 17)
4: I live in the state of Michigan.
Here are my 2 questions...
First, do they even have a leg to stand on with this? Can they legally fire me due to the fact they got wind of this information?
Second, regardless of the answer to the first question, Is this considered to be an "invasion of Privacy" and if I am infact fired for this, can I seek legal action against them for, "snooping" into matters that I have never brought to their attention, or into their enviroment in any way? (This has gone up before their board of trustees. The fact that it has gone up before the board, and they are currently seeking lawyer information about this has me floored. Even if the answer is returned in my favor the fact that this is going up to the board, just means that they will probably be looking for another reason to fire me. They are very hard sticklers.)
I would appreaciate any and all opnions on this matter. Thank you for your time.