can you be fired  yet still work for 5 days (noone told u ,u were fired) and then suspended and then fired?
824326
Here is the cardinal rule in employment law: You can be fired for any reason or no reason as long as it is not an illegal reason. This is so only if you are an at will employee, which most of us are. If you are not an at will employee, that means you have a contract. Professional athletes have contracts, which expressly says how and when they can be fired. That usually means that they can only be fired for cause. I doubt you have a contract. Most people don't. That means that you can be fired without cause. It means that you serve at the will of your employer. I don't have a contract and most people don't. We can all be fired for any reason or no reason as long as it's not an illegal reason. \n\nSo this business as to when you were fired is totally irrelevant unless they didn't pay you for that five days. If you were working for that 5 days, they totally owe you for it. It sounds like you worked for a pretty big outfit that has a significant procedure for firing a person. That doesn't really matter. The procedure is to protect the company not to protect you and not to give you any more rights than you have. The company just wants to make sure that you aren't being fired for an illegal reason. The when and how is irrelevant.\n\nWhat might be an illegal reason? They can't fire you because of race, religion, gender, or national origin. They can't fire you if you are a whistle blower. They can't fire you if you are disabled (unless you can't actually do the job and they can't feasibly change your job to suit your disability). They can't fire you because you didn't want to have sex with someone. And there are other reasons for which they can't fire you. But if you did something like hit someone, steal money, or were insubordinate, you can be fired on the spot. However, big companies, in order to ensure that their supervisors making personnel decisions don't break employment laws, have procedures, which yours apparently had. The reason is that the company is liable for a supervisors illegal personnel decision. If they weren't liable, companies would not have such procedures. But all companies have different procedures.
80317
sounds like you might be dumb enough to get fired
1078634
no.  they can fire you when you work for them.  most jobs are "at will" so the employer can do what they want.  most don't so they don't get sued, but technically they are covered.\n\nit sucks, but it can be done, and if they would do this to you believe me you don't want to work for them.  imagine how horrible it would be.  you would get screwed over every day!
101844
Absolutely! its written in the law. Even if you are still working there, at anytime, you can ask to see your employee file from Human Resources, and ask for corrections from any mistakes. They cannot fire you because you wanted to see your file. If they do, contact a lawyer. Good Luck.
522283
it's called at-will employment.  they're free to fire you for almost any reason, just like you're able to leave freely for any reason you wish
797788
That depends on why you were terminated.\n\nYou don't want to lie, one because its dishonest, and two because it could come back to haunt you.\n\nIf you were terminated due to a conflict with another employee, say so.  You don't have to go into details, but it would help to make it clear that it was an isolated incident.\n\n7 years in one place shows you have some staying power.  While that it good, most employers would understand if you (or your previous employer) determined it was time to move on.\n\nYou also could state that you had hit the ceiling at that particular job, so it was time to move on.\n\nIf you were terminated for illegal action that was reported, that will quite likely come up on a background report.\n\nSo again, it comes down to why you were terminated, and it is up to you to sell that if you are hired, you wont be forcing the new employer to make the same decision down the road.
412172
By all means yes you do. And i also think if a person gets fired u also have the right to know why. My friend got fired today, and the only thing she got was. We are letting you go. It's best for the company.
845084
I think that would depend on what state you live in. I think they all have different laws about what can and can't be done work wise. When he was hired, did they tell him how he would be paid? Does he have enough work everyday to carry him over 42 hours? Or is the company trying to 'cut back'? I would call the labor dept. and find out or even see if there is a Federal Dept. that could help. Is there an owner of the company or a District Manager or main office you can call? In Georgia, an employer can basically do whatever they want with an employee and get away with it. It is up to the employee to provide proof of whatever is going on but still the employer can always change the story or whatever. CALL YOUR LOCAL LABOR DEPT. and ask them who can help you with this problem.
150976
I did. My boss came in one day and asked why I always looked like I was in a bad mood(he said it with an attitude) so I said: You'd be in a bad mood too if you worked for an As*hole like you. He looked at me, shocked and then said , you know I should fire you for that...I replied: Fire me then.....We stood there glaring at each other for a moment then he said....go back to work.. and that was the end of it. I guess you have to know how far you can push the envelope with your boss.
202827
They will not give you a two week notice when they fire you.\nThink about it
679107
You don't state what the H.R. issue is, but based on the limited information you offer, it sounds like you were asked to take the day off so that the company could conduct an investigation into the incident. Depending on what the incident reveals, and whether or not you violated company policy or worse...the law...you could be fired.\n\nOther alternatives are:\n\n1) You could be counselled about the incident and asked not to repeat the behavior.\n\n2) You could be disciplined but not terminated.\n\n3) You could be told that there was an investigation and no violation of policy was found.
1052907
Probably in US you can be fired for breathing. In New Zealand large numbers of workers belong to unions to protect their rights. You can't get fired immediately for that.
1109876
It was an ACCIDENT! Let me know where you work. I'd like to contact your boss and ask him to fire you the next time you make a mistake. You'll be gone by the end of the week! It requires intent for it to be a crime. Sorry if I went over your head there.
768399
Yeah LOL you would deffanitly get fired! Be thankful you got a computer, if it wasnt for your work computer you would not be able to play on YA!!!
318915
You will be fired.  Congrats!
268116
There is nothing really that you can do  You were an employee at will and they are free to do what they want.  If you were fired ad believe you were let go beacuse of your age or some disability, then you can contact the State for assistance.  But it is very unlikley that you have much recourse.
898211
If you committed the same offense AGAIN, the written warning would actually support the decision to suspend you.  However they shouldn't go back a few days later and decide to suspend you if they already gave you a written warning for the same instance.  As far as a way of dealing with it, there are probably few.  Some larger companies have an appeals board, but depending on who's who, that could be worthless