What is the name of your state? arizona
Hi, I am a caregiver for the elderly, private sector, last Dec. I was hired by the niece of the elder folks, she introduced herself as their niece and legal guardian for their assets, the job was to care for the aunt, a 94 year old stroke victim, and to tolerate her onry controlling uncle, a 94 year old suffers from dementia, both legally blind. All was wonderful, he had praised me as the best thing that ever happened to his wife, 6 months later the niece calls me and says, my uncle decided he doesn't like you anymore, and gave me 3 months to replace you, but I already replace you, let me assure you that you are not being fired, just taking a break, and i am going to continue paying you for those 3 months, (she also did payroll, thru their personal bank acct).
three hours later the niece calls again asking if I want to care for her mother 2 days a week, when I showed up, she had an excuse for not leaving. but for sure next week, never happened. I received 4 checks, then stop, the last one was changed from 800.00 to 200.00 without the proper initials, when I asked her about this she replied i don't have to pay you, and just send that one check back to me. I told her I had passed up some opportunities because of what she had promised and she seemed not to care. Recently I applied for UI and was accepted, and received 2 checks, then stopped because the uncle signed a paper saying he personally fired me, so that is up in the air. Now I figured what was owed to me by the niece, turns out to be a total of $2300.00. What are my rights, this total includes days i didn't work for the niece, 2 1/2 months of pay, and misc .. Can the uncle stop my UI? Do i have any rights in this matter. Every thing was by word of mouth, not even a application, Help.
Hi, I am a caregiver for the elderly, private sector, last Dec. I was hired by the niece of the elder folks, she introduced herself as their niece and legal guardian for their assets, the job was to care for the aunt, a 94 year old stroke victim, and to tolerate her onry controlling uncle, a 94 year old suffers from dementia, both legally blind. All was wonderful, he had praised me as the best thing that ever happened to his wife, 6 months later the niece calls me and says, my uncle decided he doesn't like you anymore, and gave me 3 months to replace you, but I already replace you, let me assure you that you are not being fired, just taking a break, and i am going to continue paying you for those 3 months, (she also did payroll, thru their personal bank acct).
three hours later the niece calls again asking if I want to care for her mother 2 days a week, when I showed up, she had an excuse for not leaving. but for sure next week, never happened. I received 4 checks, then stop, the last one was changed from 800.00 to 200.00 without the proper initials, when I asked her about this she replied i don't have to pay you, and just send that one check back to me. I told her I had passed up some opportunities because of what she had promised and she seemed not to care. Recently I applied for UI and was accepted, and received 2 checks, then stopped because the uncle signed a paper saying he personally fired me, so that is up in the air. Now I figured what was owed to me by the niece, turns out to be a total of $2300.00. What are my rights, this total includes days i didn't work for the niece, 2 1/2 months of pay, and misc .. Can the uncle stop my UI? Do i have any rights in this matter. Every thing was by word of mouth, not even a application, Help.