What is the name of your state? California
An associate that was in hardware at Walmart, was messing with a CO2 tank. He had a hammer and some gloves. I have no idea what he was doing. As I was walking by, a manager was approaching this associate. He immediately told me and the associate to go to the office. He talked to me first, without the other associate. I stated several times that I had nothing to do with it. The manager kept saying to me "don't insult my intelligence". With another manager standing at the door, he forced me to sign a termination paper (and would not allow me to leave until I did sign) and refused to pay me any final wages (he said they had 24 hours to pay me). I was also told that if I returned to the store they would call the police. The associate was taken in the office, where he told them I had nothing to do with what he was doing. He also wrote up what he had done and on his statement said I was not involved. Once I got home, I called the district manager. He was not in, so I left a message for him regarding what had happened and also that they did not give me my final paycheck. I received a call from his office within a few hours. They told me to go back to Walmart and pick up my paycheck. The district manager has never called me back. I am still trying to get someone from Walmart to talk to me. As this is being written, I was told someone would call me back today. This is a very serious accusation and I have been treated unfairly. I am a college student and have worked at Walmart part-time for 2 years. Would this be a case based on defamation of character? If there was ever an extensive background check, would this show up and ruin my chances for employment? I really want to clear my name.
An associate that was in hardware at Walmart, was messing with a CO2 tank. He had a hammer and some gloves. I have no idea what he was doing. As I was walking by, a manager was approaching this associate. He immediately told me and the associate to go to the office. He talked to me first, without the other associate. I stated several times that I had nothing to do with it. The manager kept saying to me "don't insult my intelligence". With another manager standing at the door, he forced me to sign a termination paper (and would not allow me to leave until I did sign) and refused to pay me any final wages (he said they had 24 hours to pay me). I was also told that if I returned to the store they would call the police. The associate was taken in the office, where he told them I had nothing to do with what he was doing. He also wrote up what he had done and on his statement said I was not involved. Once I got home, I called the district manager. He was not in, so I left a message for him regarding what had happened and also that they did not give me my final paycheck. I received a call from his office within a few hours. They told me to go back to Walmart and pick up my paycheck. The district manager has never called me back. I am still trying to get someone from Walmart to talk to me. As this is being written, I was told someone would call me back today. This is a very serious accusation and I have been treated unfairly. I am a college student and have worked at Walmart part-time for 2 years. Would this be a case based on defamation of character? If there was ever an extensive background check, would this show up and ruin my chances for employment? I really want to clear my name.
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