What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Florida
On January 4th 2012 I was terminated from a big chain restaurant (Florida) for something I did that was wrong....I was the General Manager of the unit. The end of December was approaching and I wasn't going to hit my labor cost for the month so I edited some employee times and added them to January so that the employees still get paid and my december labor cost was in line. The issue is; I was under the assumption that this was standard practice because I was instructed to do that...my supervisor who fired me was the same person that instructed me to do it a few months prior (Sept)..He instructed me to NOT clock in all my employees for our mandatory employee meeting and clock them in the beginning of Oct (same thing I did in Dec). I was also forced (by my supervisor) to purchase product from a store using my own money so that food cost would be a littler better also....All in all I was instructed and trained to alter factual numbers by my supervisor in one way or another. I ended up getting termintaed for something I knew was wrong but thought it was standard practice. I claimed unemployment but I believe I will also be denied because it will be labeled as misconduct. I want to pursue legal actions but I dont know what, if any to go for..(unemployment, my job back, loss wages, damages, etc....) if anyone can give advice, please let me know...FYI, other managers in this company also were instructed by the same supervisor to alter numbers, as well as a lot of employees that know of the situation...so any denial on his part would be unlikely.
On January 4th 2012 I was terminated from a big chain restaurant (Florida) for something I did that was wrong....I was the General Manager of the unit. The end of December was approaching and I wasn't going to hit my labor cost for the month so I edited some employee times and added them to January so that the employees still get paid and my december labor cost was in line. The issue is; I was under the assumption that this was standard practice because I was instructed to do that...my supervisor who fired me was the same person that instructed me to do it a few months prior (Sept)..He instructed me to NOT clock in all my employees for our mandatory employee meeting and clock them in the beginning of Oct (same thing I did in Dec). I was also forced (by my supervisor) to purchase product from a store using my own money so that food cost would be a littler better also....All in all I was instructed and trained to alter factual numbers by my supervisor in one way or another. I ended up getting termintaed for something I knew was wrong but thought it was standard practice. I claimed unemployment but I believe I will also be denied because it will be labeled as misconduct. I want to pursue legal actions but I dont know what, if any to go for..(unemployment, my job back, loss wages, damages, etc....) if anyone can give advice, please let me know...FYI, other managers in this company also were instructed by the same supervisor to alter numbers, as well as a lot of employees that know of the situation...so any denial on his part would be unlikely.