The company I used to work for fired me when I came back on property,and wasn't working.\nAn employee let me use their vehice to get home. I went back 3 hours later to pick him up (Then getdropped off,and I went as far as the Guard house to pic up the employeeand that was considered on property.. I was advised one other time as to the ruling,BUT never even thought where I was going to pick this per up and LEAVE.Not go any futher on property just leave. My Boss said at the time"You should have parked across the street.\n \nI'm a retired poice officer,of 30 yrs,and think this is alittle much.It was his way of geting rid of me. It's 64 hrs. of vacation time that is paid when one leaves,but because I was fired they say they don't have to pay me. It's only 64hrs. X $14.00 -$896.00 Not the biggest purse but feel I'm getting Screwed. Thanks for your assistance   J.Chase
216182
Contact your local states attourneys office and ask them, state to state labor laws vary.
460006
This isn't a legal issue, it's a company policy issue.  If you are on salary they have to pay you the whole day, because you showed up; however, they can also charge your vacation time for the hours not worked.
644707
not calling in for a week is considered 'job abandonment', in which case, you have no case against them. I know this is a legit reason for termination, because it was used on me. However, I *had* called in. In fact, I had worked a full 10 hour shift during the time they claim they had not heard from me. However, it wasn't worth it to me to fight them in court. Maybe I should have. Turns out, they were fighting like 10 lawsuits at one time.
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First, I sure get tired of folks responding to questions as if they were text messaging you; I wonder if they can properly spell anything. Second, each state has slightly different laws regarding personal property and tenancy. I also have a feeling you left a few details out; the owner of the property where your "house" or trailer was/is sitting on, is a rented space to you (Lessee) owned by the Lessor.  You must have recieved multiple notices regarding the issue of your back lot rent, and THEN it went to Small Claims Court.  The Judge in Small Claims must have had your "paid up" receipts of record, (if you bothered to show up)or not-if not, the Lessor (owner of the property) would have won the small claims case, then she/he (Lesor)would have had an additional request, through another court, at another date later, to request seizure of your property to pay the back owed bills.***** They can only do this if they have proved you had received Notices of these actions.**** The only way they could have had the utilities turned off is if they ended up owning YOUR property in this very legal way.  Seek free legal help from your community legal program; there is pro bono in just about every city in the USA.
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He has all the legal right to charge you an extra fee for renting after a lease and not resigning a lease....this is 100% common practice in all rentals.\n\nDo you have to give notice that you are moving?  No...but then he doens't have to give you back your deposit nor does he have to give you a good referance for your next place.  After all, you stiffed him by not giving a notice in turn making him lose rent money, why would he want to be nice to you?\n\nLandlord cannot control outside contractors for work.  All he can do is put in a call to one and wait for their earliest date.  Just because they are a landlord doesn't mean a technichian will show up inside of 2 hours.  When you have issues with power, heat, etc and its either hot or cold out, you will wait extra long for help as there are many that need help right when you do.  So sit in line and wait patiently.  Since it is not below 40 degree's nor you have mentioned any kids, by law he does not have to guarantee power or heat if its out and below or above any temperatures.  Nor does he need to compensate you for hotel or any place you stay outside of your apartment when no power or no heat.  That responsibility is totally on you.  But now if you have home owners or renters insurance, then these will help pick up the tab for such issues.\n\nYour comment on him trying to evict you...if you are late....by law he has all the right to kick you out.  If you refuse, the police will remove you and charge you with tresspassing.  And by law he can toss your stuff to the curb and allow anyone to take it.\n\nYou have no fight as all you have done is either your fault or past there ability to control it.  Welcome to the real world, welcome to the world of renting and welcome to learning a few laws that have been on the books for ages.\n\nYou forget...that is their property, not yours...your are "borrowing" it for as long as you have paid.  If you don't pay, even for 1 day, why would they have to let you stay?  They can rent it to someone else that will pay.\n\nMove if you want, but rentals are rentals, same laws no matter where you go.
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Are you sure that you are accurately reporting the information the attorney gave to you?  If your vehicle is parked on the private property of your employer, the laws of your state may very well give them the right to enforce this policy.\n\nRegardless of what you feel about the policy, chances are that you are an "at will" employ unless you belong to a union.  I am not aware of any state or federal law that would protect you if your employer fired you for violating the policy.  So you have two choices:  (1) stop smoking; or (2) go off the property to smoke.
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I think the situation would be the same in your arena as in mine (hospitality industry - small town - avg monthly pay about $800.00).  First, need to find if these changes are being done exclusively by your boss or manager or whether it's being dictated by higher up.  If it's your boss or manager, request a meeting, have a presentation ready to back up your views, and have alternatives available for discussion.  If it's higher ups, request a meeting with your boss and discuss if he's feeling a decline in productivity and discuss your views to see their reaction, then find out if there is any way of making a presentation for the higher ups to discuss alternatives.\n\nIn our situation, employee moral is flagging, we've had staff quit, then restart to force fifty cent an hour raises they had been promised, slackness in attention to detail, even one instance where I had been asked to work a shift and the person originally scheduled also in, and when they checked with the office, found the manager unavailable, but his name had been scratched from the schedule - no forewarning of dismissal.\n\nEven though the manager is taking their cue directly from owner, after I made presentation, it took 3 weeks to get a response, and where she originally indicated she would consider anything to help resolve the situation, it was pretty much that she didn't pass it on, and that I should spend more time concentrating on work and less on improving conditions.  Just be prepared that your suggestions might not be taken in the spirit being offered.
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Unless your boss did something illegal - fraud, misappropriation of funds, or the like - it is very unlikely you will be successful in small claims court.  What would be the basis of your suit? That your employer properly exercised her rights as a property owner and decided to close the business without warning, or telling anyone? \n\nUnfortunately, in a capitalistic system the "Golden Rule" comes into play - the person with the gold makes the rules. \n\nIf no one knows where she is, how do you expect to get her into the courtroom?\n\nIn addition, your former employer is not responsible for your debts. You are the one that went on a shopping spree, granted, you felt at the time that you would have a job and income to cover the expenses, but there are no guarantees in this life. I suggest that you file for unemployment compensation, if you haven't already done so.  At least some of the bills will get paid.  Also, cut back on your spending, you don't have a job and unemployment will not match your past income.  What you don't need now is more debt.\n\nIf you really want to proceed with your Small Claims Court suit, contact the County Clerk in your County and ask about the procedure for initiating a Small Claims action.
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I think everyone here is on the right track.\n\nYou need to contact the local Labor board and check on them. You may be able to sue him for the pay, the lack of a 2 week notice before termination, and lack of a in writing letter of termination outlying the reasons. May want to talk to a lawyer and see what the rights are in your county to see what you are able to do from here.\n\nGood luck!
657171
It really depends on your company's policy.  I asked a similar question to HR after my company was taken over.  She said the old company wouldn't do anything, but the new one might pursue.  The company might take your last paycheck to offset the dollar amount they have "lost."
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Well, two things you need to consider.  First, what result do you want from this?  Second, do you want to keep your job there?  \n\nIn my opinion, the first thing you need to start doing is looking for new jobs.  If a company is at the point of writing bad checks to employees, it is possible that the financial trouble will close it down soon.  So, before you worry about getting what you're due, worry about your future.  Start job hunting!\n\nSecondly, how you handle this would depend somewhat on whether you already have the new job lined up or not.  If you're still working there, regardless of what is right, or fair, or honest, or legal, he can make your life difficult if you give him trouble.  So, here again, I think your first response should be to leave.  After that, pursue whatever legal means you can: labor department is fine, but I would also consider getting an attorney.  Writing bad checks is actually a crime, and a good attorney could possibly get you a sizeable settlement from the employer (if there's anything left to get).\n\nBut while you're still there, I'd say your best strategy would be to simply talk to your boss, in private, and, as politely as possible, explain what happened, and politely request to get paid with a new check.\n\nFurther, here's the deal.  I've worked for companies that are in financial trouble before.  There is a very specific strategy to make sure that this doesn't continue to happen.  You have to be smarter than all the other employees.  Instead of depositing the check into your account, or even cashing it at your bank (which still could mess up your account if it bounces), you need to take the check to HIS bank IMMEDIATELY when it is written, and cash it there.  If you want the money in your bank account, then go to your bank and deposit the cash.  \n\nWhat is happening is that he writes a bunch of checks when he has money for only about half or 3/4 of them, and hopes the rest of the money will come in before they all get them cashed.  But, you need to protect yourself here.  Basically, what you're trying to do is to beat all the rest of the employees to the limited amount of money that is there to cover the checks that he's written.  \n\nFighting for your rights is not going to help, because the money isn't really there.  I suspect if you all come together and get the labor department involved, the company will probably collapse.  It very possibly might anyway, but this way, at least you have a job for a few more weeks while you're looking for a new one.\n\nI'm sorry I can't be more optimistic, but I've experienced what you describe too many times to suggest a good outcome.\n\nBest of luck to you in your NEW job.
545294
Ok, this is complicated.  IF you have a policy that outlines what the petty cash CAN be used for and she used the cash for expenses OTHER than those things, then this is technically theft of company funds and, yes, you can terminate her.  The way it works is you place her on suspension first (do NOT "fire" her).  Then, get her final check cut and write a letter for her file that indicates why she is being terminated, on what date and time, and any other information you want to put in there.  On the letter/form, there should be a place for the employee to make somments and sign.  This is important.  Then, call her into the office (she is still on suspension, remember) and, after handing her the Final Paycheck, let her go.  You HAVE to pay her the full amount owed to her at the time of termination in California.\n\nNow, if there is NO policy in place for the use of Petty Cash, then you are out of luck.  Your best recorse is to create a new policy for petty cash, print it out and have ALL EMPLOYEES sign it.  Give a copy to all the employees and put one in each employee's file.  Then, talk to her and let her know that you expect these policies to be followed to the letter.  If she does it again, it is theft (see the above paragraph).  If she pulls herself together, then you have gained a good employee.  Either way, you are free of the problem and you win.\n\nI hope this helps.
457673
I was an HR Director for about 10 years, although in California and Texas, not Washington. Anyhow, it's been a while, but here goes... Technically you were insubordinate and it is likely that the unemployment officer who officiates over the phone hearing will not believe that you meant anything else by saying d*ck in an e-mail (about someone who I presume is your boss). That said, I am wondering if they actually have your signature on anything that says that you are aware that "they" (your employer) have the right to read and monitor electronic mailings sent by you. Unless they (or you since you were the office manager) are very organized they may have trouble coming up with this paperwork. They need this in order to read your electronic communications and I would bring this up to the officer unless you know for sure that they have it and can easily access it. Also, I am wondering if there is any defense you might have with regards to why you said it or the context in which it was said. Additionally, has there ever been a time that you are aware of when "they" may have set a different precedent by not firing/terming someone based on this sort of insubordination? In other words, where someone else called  a manager a name of sorts, but were either not disciplined or disciplined without termination. I also have to wonder why your employer was able to read this e-mail (did someone show it to him or did you leave your computer on) and why he bothered to log on to your computer if that's what he did? Typically, I wouldn't do this unless I had it in for the person and usually that would mean a series of write ups (I'm a GM/PM now so I still have a number of reports and remember my HR days well). Unfortunately, most companies have a policy saying that they can terminate with no notice based on certain acts, one of which is insubordination. Still, I agree with you that he sounds like a jerk if this is all he had. He would have done better to call you in and find out why you felt like that, thereby trying to find a fix for the situation and gaining your loyalty if he succeeded. Good luck!
655145
your boss is a F. U. C. K. N' douche bag! if a non employee did that SH** then they would have got arrested! WTF! but i don't think you should have tackled him and detain him that's not your job. if he wants to steal then let him.
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i don't think it's a law...mandatory time clock, i hate it without a time clock, it seems i got jipped when i worked like that. i would find another job if your place doesnt' have a time clock. there's no proof at all of what you worked, and if your check is short, you can't say antyhing about it!!!
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CheckSmart is feeding you a line of bull$h!t.  As long as you are making a reasonable effort to pay off a just debt they CANNOT turn you over for collection (under the Fair Debt Collection Act)and they sure as heck CANNOT have a warrant issued for your arrest if they can't prove that you deliberately committed bank fraud.  \n\nHere's what you do:  Get the name, address, telephone number, and FAX number of the manager of the Columbus CheckSmart office.  Write him/her personally and explain the situation.  Be sure to FAX a copy to them ASAP and make sure you keep a copy of the letter.  Let them know that you're willing to pay the debt but you simply can't hand over that kind of money right now because you got scammed out of a huge chunk of money yourself.  Send the original via UPS or FedEx so you can ensure your letter makes it there before noon on Friday.  If you don't hear from the manager by Friday, call on Monday and ask to speak to him/her.  If this person is not willing to accommodate you, that's when you start playing hard-ball.\n\nIf the manager says he/she is going to get a warrant sworn out for your arrest, then tell him/her your lawyer will be in court the very next day filing a damages lawsuit against CheckSmart for wrongful prosecution, and that he/she will be named as one of the defendants in the suit.  \n\nIf the manager demands payment in full, tell him/her that you will pay what you can on a schedule but that's all you can do.  \n\nIf he/she tells you that's not acceptable, your reply is that you're not asking -- you're telling him what you can and will do and he/she will just have to live with it.  And if he/she has a problem with it, encourage him/her to read up on the Fair Debt Collection Act.\n\nYou should probably contact a lawyer as well.  Look in the Yellow Pages for attorneys that give free initial consultations.  You might get someone who will take your case pro bono (for free).\n\nGood luck!
41676
Legally, he should be paid for his drive time in this situation. Realize a complaint can cost him the job, they are due him all back wages, is it worth it?