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What is the name of your state? Alabama
My husband was fired on 3/26/04 from his job as a truck driver for a major garbage disposal company. This was a Thursday. Part one of my question is concerning the fact that all the paperwork says the he was fired on Wednesday, 03/25/04. We have insurance papers and unemployment papers stating this. But, we also have the sheet that he had to sign on his exit interview on 03/26/04 with the date clearly shown. They had clearly fired my husband the day earlier and did not have anybody else to come in and drive the route, so they had him to come in and do it. This is illegal, correct? We are fairly sure he was not compensated for the time that he worked on that Thursday either. I know that would not be legal, if it were true.
The second part of my question dealing with the possible wrongful firing. They are attributing his being fired to misconduct due to no service to a customer with prior warnings. As this is so, there is a justifiable reason for him not dumping the customers trash dumpster. The truck that my husband drove was only licensed and tagged in Alabama and the customer was in Florida. The truck needed an apportioned tag in order to go into Florida. My husband continuously informed his direct supervisor of this and nothing was done. If my husband had taken the truck into Florida and was stopped by the police he would have incurred a $500 fine, not the company. Then the company would have said that he should not have taken the truck into Florida without the appropriate tags. So he was in a sort of Catch 22 situation. Do you think he was wrongfully fired? He was also denied his unemployment compensation due to this fact.
Sorry so long, but thank you for any help!
My husband was fired on 3/26/04 from his job as a truck driver for a major garbage disposal company. This was a Thursday. Part one of my question is concerning the fact that all the paperwork says the he was fired on Wednesday, 03/25/04. We have insurance papers and unemployment papers stating this. But, we also have the sheet that he had to sign on his exit interview on 03/26/04 with the date clearly shown. They had clearly fired my husband the day earlier and did not have anybody else to come in and drive the route, so they had him to come in and do it. This is illegal, correct? We are fairly sure he was not compensated for the time that he worked on that Thursday either. I know that would not be legal, if it were true.
The second part of my question dealing with the possible wrongful firing. They are attributing his being fired to misconduct due to no service to a customer with prior warnings. As this is so, there is a justifiable reason for him not dumping the customers trash dumpster. The truck that my husband drove was only licensed and tagged in Alabama and the customer was in Florida. The truck needed an apportioned tag in order to go into Florida. My husband continuously informed his direct supervisor of this and nothing was done. If my husband had taken the truck into Florida and was stopped by the police he would have incurred a $500 fine, not the company. Then the company would have said that he should not have taken the truck into Florida without the appropriate tags. So he was in a sort of Catch 22 situation. Do you think he was wrongfully fired? He was also denied his unemployment compensation due to this fact.
Sorry so long, but thank you for any help!
