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I was laid off recently. The letter that was given to employees who were laid off stated that the reason was due to "lack of work". I had been with the company for two years, had no written warnings on record, but had some verbals with my manager due to my work being affected by a series of personal issues over the previous few months. My last conversation with my manager indicated that everything was in great shape again and I was doing fine.
However, there were two employees on my team who were hired two months prior and a temp who was hired to regular employment status the week I was laid off - and the company kept all of them. The temp and the two employees all had the same job title that I had. There was a third employee on my team (same job title as me) who has had performance issues steadily over the last year. I believe he had been written up for his performance issues at least once.
When I was laid off, I was told that I was selected based on who the EVP thought was unhappy.
I'm wondering if I have a case.... Especially since the temp was hired the same week I was laid off and was given my job title. The temp was actually hired to take care of work that I was doing so I could focus on other things. I would simply pursue a settlement via mediation.
Please let me know your thoughts! Thank you!
I was laid off recently. The letter that was given to employees who were laid off stated that the reason was due to "lack of work". I had been with the company for two years, had no written warnings on record, but had some verbals with my manager due to my work being affected by a series of personal issues over the previous few months. My last conversation with my manager indicated that everything was in great shape again and I was doing fine.
However, there were two employees on my team who were hired two months prior and a temp who was hired to regular employment status the week I was laid off - and the company kept all of them. The temp and the two employees all had the same job title that I had. There was a third employee on my team (same job title as me) who has had performance issues steadily over the last year. I believe he had been written up for his performance issues at least once.
When I was laid off, I was told that I was selected based on who the EVP thought was unhappy.
I'm wondering if I have a case.... Especially since the temp was hired the same week I was laid off and was given my job title. The temp was actually hired to take care of work that I was doing so I could focus on other things. I would simply pursue a settlement via mediation.
Please let me know your thoughts! Thank you!
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