NatashaO23
Junior Member
What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Mississippi
I have been employed at a casual food chain for 9 months. It is a franchise and have worked directly with the Owner for this amount of time. I have typically been on day shifts but tonight I covered a shift for an employee who was recently fired. The procedure for our cash register is that whoever is available to take an order jumps on the register when a customer comes in. I only worked the register for one order tonight, and it was a credit card. At the end of the night, my manager counted down the drawer and found it was $20 short. She then told me that it was the same way the night before. She called the Owner of the store and he said to fire all of the regular employees (3 of us) unless we came up with the money. None of us had any amount of money that was not ours when we came in. (She took us back individually and had us empty our pockets) The manager is the only one that has been able to keep her job.
Is there any law that protects me or can help me get my job back? I have been a dependable employee and to my knowledge this mostly happens on night shifts which I do not usually work.
I have been employed at a casual food chain for 9 months. It is a franchise and have worked directly with the Owner for this amount of time. I have typically been on day shifts but tonight I covered a shift for an employee who was recently fired. The procedure for our cash register is that whoever is available to take an order jumps on the register when a customer comes in. I only worked the register for one order tonight, and it was a credit card. At the end of the night, my manager counted down the drawer and found it was $20 short. She then told me that it was the same way the night before. She called the Owner of the store and he said to fire all of the regular employees (3 of us) unless we came up with the money. None of us had any amount of money that was not ours when we came in. (She took us back individually and had us empty our pockets) The manager is the only one that has been able to keep her job.
Is there any law that protects me or can help me get my job back? I have been a dependable employee and to my knowledge this mostly happens on night shifts which I do not usually work.