accusation of alcohol on breath

[JLT37]

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? CALIFORNIA

I am a security officer for a security company and i showed up to work at 6am.my site supervisor showed up at 7am and we were talking for a while we talked about how what we did the night before. i had told him that i just spent the night at home and drank a 32oz beer at 7pm. a few minutes later he asked me if i had been drinking before i came to work and i said no because he claimed that he could smell alcohol on my breath. He informed the client contact and he came to speak to me he requested that i be sent home and to have the matter investigated. i was not allowed to leave on my own my branch manager was called out and he drove me home. i demanded a drug and alcohol test and was refused. i made several calls to my HR dept. but no phone calles were returned. i ws informed by my branch manager that i was being removed from my site for having alcohol on my breath. after i was told this i again called my HR dept. and i was told that the matter was still being investigated and that until it was complete she could not talk to me. What should i do

 

[justalayman]

What should i do

well, it's too late now but the only thing you could have done to defend this claim would have been to have a BAC test, at your own cost if necessary, to refute the claim.

Understand that your employer, barring a contract stating otherwise, does not have to have a reason to terminate your employment.

You should also realize that alcohol does remain on a persons breath for a considerable amount of time, much longer than the actual effects one would feel from the ingestion.

 

[swalsh411]

There is nothing you can do except hope your employer is reasonable and realizes that a few beers at 7 PM the night before will have worn off long before 6 AM.

File for unemployment immediately and start looking for a new job.

Oh and next time brush your teeth!