Just inquiring.

[fotodude]

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

North Carolina

Hi,

I was recently let go by my employer. Their reasoning was that I was taking company property.

Basically I worked for an optical shop making prescription lenses. Some of these lenses would be sunglasses. At the shop I worked at, we sold a particular brand that the demos that were in the frames were of good quality and there was a market for them on ebay. Our company policy was that we held all demo's for 90 days, the length of which was our return policy. At the end of the 90 days, the lenses would be thrown away. I would then after the 90 days, proceed to sell them and use a good portion of the money earned back into the store. I would buy lunches, snacks, ice cream, pizza, etc.

So that's it in a nutshell, so I was wondering since for one the lenses technically were not property of the company because once the frame is purchased. The lenses are then property of the person getting the prescription in them. Might I add, if the customer requested the demo lenses, they would receive them. Secondly, I waited the 90 days to which the items were no longer required to remain in the store.

Thanks for any feedback.

 

[CSO286]

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

North Carolina

Hi,

I was recently let go by my employer. Their reasoning was that I was taking company property.

Basically I worked for an optical shop making prescription lenses. Some of these lenses would be sunglasses. At the shop I worked at, we sold a particular brand that the demos that were in the frames were of good quality and there was a market for them on ebay. Our company policy was that we held all demo's for 90 days, the length of which was our return policy. At the end of the 90 days, the lenses would be thrown away. I would then after the 90 days, proceed to sell them and use a good portion of the money earned back into the store. I would buy lunches, snacks, ice cream, pizza, etc.

So that's it in a nutshell, so I was wondering since for one the lenses technically were not property of the company because once the frame is purchased. The lenses are then property of the person getting the prescription in them. Might I add, if the customer requested the demo lenses, they would receive them. Secondly, I waited the 90 days to which the items were no longer required to remain in the store.

Thanks for any feedback.

What's your question????

 

[fotodude]

Ahh that might help, just wondering if possibly they were in the wrong with my termination.

 

[csi7]

No. They were not wrong. However, you can apply for unemployment benefits, and possibly be eligible for benefits.

 

[CSO286]

Ahh that might help, just wondering if possibly they were in the wrong with my termination.

Not even a little bit.

 

[cbg]

A "wrongful termination" means that the employer violated the law by firing you. What law do you think exists that would prohibit them from firing you for selling property that does not belong to you?

 

[davidmcbeth3]

the lenses technically were not property of the company

And then, whose property were they? Ah! That's your problem then is it...

 

[Beth3]

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

North Carolina

Hi,

I was recently let go by my employer. Their reasoning was that I was taking company property.

Basically I worked for an optical shop making prescription lenses. Some of these lenses would be sunglasses. At the shop I worked at, we sold a particular brand that the demos that were in the frames were of good quality and there was a market for them on ebay. Our company policy was that we held all demo's for 90 days, the length of which was our return policy. At the end of the 90 days, the lenses would be thrown away. I would then after the 90 days, proceed to sell them and use a good portion of the money earned back into the store. I would buy lunches, snacks, ice cream, pizza, etc.

So that's it in a nutshell, so I was wondering since for one the lenses technically were not property of the company because once the frame is purchased. The lenses are then property of the person getting the prescription in them. Might I add, if the customer requested the demo lenses, they would receive them. Secondly, I waited the 90 days to which the items were no longer required to remain in the store.

Thanks for any feedback.

You took items that did not belong to you and sold them to your benefit. That's pretty much the classic definition of theft. No, your employer did not act wrongly in terminating your employment.

 

[Antigone*]

You took items that did not belong to you and sold them to your benefit. That's pretty much the classic definition of theft. No, your employer did not act wrongly in terminating your employment.

Beth, please don't forget that he/she purchased snacks and lunches, ice cream and pizza for everyone It was a Robin Hood kinda thang...

 

[Beth3]

I guess as long as he used some of the money to buy treats for everyone at work, it's okay...