swagmonkey
Junior Member
What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Massachusetts
A couple months ago, a friend was fired from her workplace for calling in sick without enough notice. We knew it was illegal, and reported the incident to higher-ups in the same company (who were not pleased) but didn't take it beyond the company. Because it's a franchise, branch owners are not as directly supervised by the bigwigs. The friend didn't like the job and wouldn't have stayed long, so she didn't pursue anything at the time.
Now my girlfriend, at the same company, was fired (incidentally, on the last day of the 2-weeks notice she had given them that she was leaving -- really, who fires someone on their last day at work?) She really didn't want to deal with them any more, so she told them to mail her last check. After delaying a couple weeks, the check has finally arrived, but they deducted $30 for her work shirt. They say they'll pay the last $30 when she returns the shirt, but it has already been thrown out -- and besides, when they gave her the shirt, they didn't say they were only lending it, so it is her shirt now.
I'm pretty sure this is illegal, and we really don't have any patience for them any more. We'd like to report BOTH incidents, now that they've given us another excuse. Who do we report it to?
A couple months ago, a friend was fired from her workplace for calling in sick without enough notice. We knew it was illegal, and reported the incident to higher-ups in the same company (who were not pleased) but didn't take it beyond the company. Because it's a franchise, branch owners are not as directly supervised by the bigwigs. The friend didn't like the job and wouldn't have stayed long, so she didn't pursue anything at the time.
Now my girlfriend, at the same company, was fired (incidentally, on the last day of the 2-weeks notice she had given them that she was leaving -- really, who fires someone on their last day at work?) She really didn't want to deal with them any more, so she told them to mail her last check. After delaying a couple weeks, the check has finally arrived, but they deducted $30 for her work shirt. They say they'll pay the last $30 when she returns the shirt, but it has already been thrown out -- and besides, when they gave her the shirt, they didn't say they were only lending it, so it is her shirt now.
I'm pretty sure this is illegal, and we really don't have any patience for them any more. We'd like to report BOTH incidents, now that they've given us another excuse. Who do we report it to?