Mandatory meeting

[dblwall]

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

This is a 2 part question for my wife concerning her work place. Wife is a bartender and district manager posted a memo saying pour costs for liquor are out of control ( over pouring drinks, giving away drinks etc) and said everyone would be fired if it's not gotten under control. This is where the mandatory meeting comes in.

1. If they somehow can't figure out where the problem or who the problem is with can they just let go everbody?

2 At the meeting Friday wife wants to record what is said, is it legal to do? Will be approx 6 - 10 people at the meeting

 

[Proserpina]

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

This is a 2 part question for my wife concerning her work place. Wife is a bartender and district manager posted a memo saying pour costs for liquor are out of control ( over pouring drinks, giving away drinks etc) and said everyone would be fired if it's not gotten under control. This is where the mandatory meeting comes in.

1. If they somehow can't figure out where the problem or who the problem is with can they just let go everbody?

2 At the meeting Friday wife wants to record what is said, is it legal to do? Will be approx 6 - 10 people at the meeting

1. Absolutely.

2. If she gets everyone's permission? Sure.

 

[ecmst12]

They can fire everyone if they so desire. It doesn't seem likely that they WILL, since they'd have to shut down until they could hire new people, but if that's what they want to do, they can.

 

[justalayman]

1. If they somehow can't figure out where the problem or who the problem is with can they just let go everbody?

Yes. California is an at will state. That means either party (employer/employee) can terminate the relationship at will.

2 At the meeting Friday wife wants to record what is said, is it legal to do? Will be approx 6 - 10 people at the meeting

as long as everybody involved agrees to let her record it.

 

[Antigone*]

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

This is a 2 part question for my wife concerning her work place. Wife is a bartender and district manager posted a memo saying pour costs for liquor are out of control ( over pouring drinks, giving away drinks etc) and said everyone would be fired if it's not gotten under control. This is where the mandatory meeting comes in.

1. If they somehow can't figure out where the problem or who the problem is with can they just let go everbody?

2 At the meeting Friday wife wants to record what is said, is it legal to do? Will be approx 6 - 10 people at the meeting

Really, what is recording the meeting going to accomplish?

 

[Betty]

Yes, they can fire everyone. In at-will employment you can be fired at any time for any reason (or no reason) except for a reason prohibited by law (examples - age, religion, gender) or unless there is a binding employment contract to the contrary.

Ca. requires all party consent to audio record.

 

[swalsh411]

If she's thinking that recording the meeting will somehow "preserve her rights" or something like that you are mistaken because she really has no rights here in terms of keeping their job. It would be legal for them to fire everybody because they had no idea who was over pouring. It would be legal to fire everybody even if they knew only certain people were over pouring. It would be legal to fire specific people even if they couldn't prove they were over pouring. It would be legal to fire specific people even if they knew for a fact that others (who were not being fired) were the ones over pouring.

If she is fired, she should apply for unemployment.

 

[dblwall]

If she's thinking that recording the meeting will somehow "preserve her rights" or something like that you are mistaken because she really has no rights here in terms of keeping their job.

If everyone there can be fired "because I"m the boss" then I understand recording the meeting won't be of any value. It seems it goes a bit further than just over pouring, hence the high costs. Possibly some not ringing the drinks in the register. Possibly the person not charging for all drinks is in a relationship with the district manager, which was going on before the person was hired by the company.

The thought amongst a couple of the employees was if management knew / suspected it was that certain employee yet got rid of others and kept that person there might havve been something said in the meeting that could have been used to keep their jobs.

 

[Proserpina]

If everyone there can be fired "because I"m the boss" then I understand recording the meeting won't be of any value. It seems it goes a bit further than just over pouring, hence the high costs. Possibly some not ringing the drinks in the register. Possibly the person not charging for all drinks is in a relationship with the district manager, which was going on before the person was hired by the company.

The thought amongst a couple of the employees was if management knew / suspected it was that certain employee yet got rid of others and kept that person there might havve been something said in the meeting that could have been used to keep their jobs.

They would be completely incorrect.

 

[tranquility]

Overpouring is as much stealing (unless completely inadvertent) as failing to ring on the register. Do customers tip more or less if they know they're getting a little more with each drink?