What is the name of your state? Florida
My husband has worked for this company for the past 8 months and has been a supervisor for 7 of the eight months. No days were taken off, received many raises based on his work. The last raise given to him was last week of $25/wk more going back 6 months. A check was received for 6 months of back raise minus taxes.
As a supervisor he has to work 45 hours a week and he is not paid by the hour, he does not have to clock in. He is pushed to work longer hours and comments are made if he tries to leave work after he works a 9 ½ hour day. Comment like, you are leaving already or wow I wish I had your hours. After the comment is made and one always is made he is then told to do some kind of task before he leaves that will keep him working another hour or more. If a comment is not made he is told, stay here 5 minutes until I get back and the manager does not return for over an hour. The manager does this because he knows that the department can not be left alone and my husband can not leave until he returns. Even if he wants to go to lunch a comment is made about it as if he has no right to eat after he already worked 6 hours or more.
When he took the job he was upfront and told them he was enrolled in collage and classes would resume on May 2, 05. They told him they will work with him and his school schedule. He also told them that he has to have Fridays and Sundays off due to a court order for him to drop off and pick up his kids for child visitation every Friday and Sunday. They knew about this from the start and told him it was not a problem.
When collage resumed on May 2, 05 he was switched to be a supervisor in another department because that department is open 24/7. He gets out of collage at 1 PM and was to start work at 2 PM to 11:30 PM however, he always had to work past his hours due to the comments and being left there until someone was there to take over. At times he got home at 1:30 AM.
Everything was going well until last week when his new manager told him he had to change his days off and now work on Sundays. When he said he could not do so because of his court order for visitation and commitment to meet his ex wife ½ way to pick up and drop off his kids his manager then got angry with him and said, I am here 12 years and it is either me or you. I am not changing my days off so it has to be you.
My husband knew he could not do it either and said again that he has a court order and has to follow it and the manager walked away.
He was off the next day and returned to work on Saturday at 2 PM. He spoke to another manager from another department and asked him to see if he could talk to this manager about this issue. There are other supervisors in this department and he felt he was being pushed into choosing between his court order and his job so he thought maybe if his old manager talked to his new one something can be worked out.
His old manager told him he would talk to Dan.
Later on his old manager told my husband that Dan is not changing his mind so he better figure out a way to work on Sundays. He got upset and said F*uck Dan in the conversation with his old manager but didn’t even think it was heard because the manager was driving away and it was not said in a high tone.
When he returned to his department his manager (Dan) walked over and said, well are you working on Sundays or not? My husband said he can’t and also suggested a few ideas on how to fix this problem. The manager got angry and because of the suggestions he made and said; now you are pissing me off. He then told my husband, Glen told me you said F*uck Dan to him.
My husband was shocked that it got turned into something like this and apologized to Dan for saying it. After he apologized the manager said, I want you to go home and he was sent home 2 hours early. He also said; think about if you are working Sundays or not. If not you can not stay in this department.
He returned to work the next day and did what he was always told to do if there was a problem he needs to follow the chain of command.
The chain of command is where he has to go to his manager first then if the issue is not settled he has to go to his manager’s manager about the problem and that is what he did.
The conversation with the manager’s manager was going in my husbands favor and he was told he will make sure he keeps his day off on Sundays. My husband wanted to be 100% honest and then talked about this problem where he said F*ck Dan to one person who ran to Dan and told him. He included that he apologized to Dan in person. After he told this to him he was then told he was suspended until further notice.
It has been 5 days and still no word on if he is fired or not. He did receive 1 phone call from someone to take a statement on what happened and she typed what he was telling her during this call.
He stated to her that he felt it would be fair to have him; Dan and Glen get together and make the report so nothing is misunderstood on what happened.
She told him, why do you have something to hide? Did you do anything like wave your hands or cause harm to anyone?
He said no way, I was not even sure Glen heard me when I said F*ck Dan because he was driving away and I had my back to him.
She said, well he did hear you didn't he.
I guess so he said, then he told her that he apologized to Dan for saying this to Glen on the same day it happened.
She said she was done taking his statement and hung up the phone.
He called yesterday and spoke to the person who suspended him to ask for his status on this suspension and was told, I can not talk to you until this report is over.
Don’t call me, someone will contact you to let you know your status and he hung up without telling him if he has a job or not.
Is any of this legal?
Can someone be suspended for saying F*ck Him to one person in a conversation about another person with no words of causing any harm in any way and loose their job for it?
This is a very big company and they have an in-house lawyer that makes sure no one gets unemployment if they are fired and also makes sure no one receives workman’s comp if they get hurt.
Will this issue prevent my husband from receiving unemployment if he is fired?
I also would like to include that he was reviewed a few weeks ago and received an outstanding review based on his work performance and that is why he was given the raise he received a week before this happened. He has no write-ups on his record where other supervisors have many just for being 5 minutes late.
With a family of 5 kids living with us we can not be left on hold with no income from him. He takes home about $700 a week after taxes and I can not support this family alone. He is not suspended with pay and they are taking their time letting him know if he is going back to work or fired.
Is it legal to not inform him of his status and keep us on hold without a pay check or does he have some rights in this matter?
My husband has worked for this company for the past 8 months and has been a supervisor for 7 of the eight months. No days were taken off, received many raises based on his work. The last raise given to him was last week of $25/wk more going back 6 months. A check was received for 6 months of back raise minus taxes.
As a supervisor he has to work 45 hours a week and he is not paid by the hour, he does not have to clock in. He is pushed to work longer hours and comments are made if he tries to leave work after he works a 9 ½ hour day. Comment like, you are leaving already or wow I wish I had your hours. After the comment is made and one always is made he is then told to do some kind of task before he leaves that will keep him working another hour or more. If a comment is not made he is told, stay here 5 minutes until I get back and the manager does not return for over an hour. The manager does this because he knows that the department can not be left alone and my husband can not leave until he returns. Even if he wants to go to lunch a comment is made about it as if he has no right to eat after he already worked 6 hours or more.
When he took the job he was upfront and told them he was enrolled in collage and classes would resume on May 2, 05. They told him they will work with him and his school schedule. He also told them that he has to have Fridays and Sundays off due to a court order for him to drop off and pick up his kids for child visitation every Friday and Sunday. They knew about this from the start and told him it was not a problem.
When collage resumed on May 2, 05 he was switched to be a supervisor in another department because that department is open 24/7. He gets out of collage at 1 PM and was to start work at 2 PM to 11:30 PM however, he always had to work past his hours due to the comments and being left there until someone was there to take over. At times he got home at 1:30 AM.
Everything was going well until last week when his new manager told him he had to change his days off and now work on Sundays. When he said he could not do so because of his court order for visitation and commitment to meet his ex wife ½ way to pick up and drop off his kids his manager then got angry with him and said, I am here 12 years and it is either me or you. I am not changing my days off so it has to be you.
My husband knew he could not do it either and said again that he has a court order and has to follow it and the manager walked away.
He was off the next day and returned to work on Saturday at 2 PM. He spoke to another manager from another department and asked him to see if he could talk to this manager about this issue. There are other supervisors in this department and he felt he was being pushed into choosing between his court order and his job so he thought maybe if his old manager talked to his new one something can be worked out.
His old manager told him he would talk to Dan.
Later on his old manager told my husband that Dan is not changing his mind so he better figure out a way to work on Sundays. He got upset and said F*uck Dan in the conversation with his old manager but didn’t even think it was heard because the manager was driving away and it was not said in a high tone.
When he returned to his department his manager (Dan) walked over and said, well are you working on Sundays or not? My husband said he can’t and also suggested a few ideas on how to fix this problem. The manager got angry and because of the suggestions he made and said; now you are pissing me off. He then told my husband, Glen told me you said F*uck Dan to him.
My husband was shocked that it got turned into something like this and apologized to Dan for saying it. After he apologized the manager said, I want you to go home and he was sent home 2 hours early. He also said; think about if you are working Sundays or not. If not you can not stay in this department.
He returned to work the next day and did what he was always told to do if there was a problem he needs to follow the chain of command.
The chain of command is where he has to go to his manager first then if the issue is not settled he has to go to his manager’s manager about the problem and that is what he did.
The conversation with the manager’s manager was going in my husbands favor and he was told he will make sure he keeps his day off on Sundays. My husband wanted to be 100% honest and then talked about this problem where he said F*ck Dan to one person who ran to Dan and told him. He included that he apologized to Dan in person. After he told this to him he was then told he was suspended until further notice.
It has been 5 days and still no word on if he is fired or not. He did receive 1 phone call from someone to take a statement on what happened and she typed what he was telling her during this call.
He stated to her that he felt it would be fair to have him; Dan and Glen get together and make the report so nothing is misunderstood on what happened.
She told him, why do you have something to hide? Did you do anything like wave your hands or cause harm to anyone?
He said no way, I was not even sure Glen heard me when I said F*ck Dan because he was driving away and I had my back to him.
She said, well he did hear you didn't he.
I guess so he said, then he told her that he apologized to Dan for saying this to Glen on the same day it happened.
She said she was done taking his statement and hung up the phone.
He called yesterday and spoke to the person who suspended him to ask for his status on this suspension and was told, I can not talk to you until this report is over.
Don’t call me, someone will contact you to let you know your status and he hung up without telling him if he has a job or not.
Is any of this legal?
Can someone be suspended for saying F*ck Him to one person in a conversation about another person with no words of causing any harm in any way and loose their job for it?
This is a very big company and they have an in-house lawyer that makes sure no one gets unemployment if they are fired and also makes sure no one receives workman’s comp if they get hurt.
Will this issue prevent my husband from receiving unemployment if he is fired?
I also would like to include that he was reviewed a few weeks ago and received an outstanding review based on his work performance and that is why he was given the raise he received a week before this happened. He has no write-ups on his record where other supervisors have many just for being 5 minutes late.
With a family of 5 kids living with us we can not be left on hold with no income from him. He takes home about $700 a week after taxes and I can not support this family alone. He is not suspended with pay and they are taking their time letting him know if he is going back to work or fired.
Is it legal to not inform him of his status and keep us on hold without a pay check or does he have some rights in this matter?
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