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magical5
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Pennsylvania
I have been fired after I worked for 5 years and was a good employee. I had a very casual relationship with my employers. When I was fired I had 6 vacation days left and had worked one week. I owed them some money for a loan and the phone bill. They calculated what I had owed to me and what I had owed to them and decided that I was owed a little over $400.00 when I left. The cut me a check and told me to pick it up the next Monday. Monday came and when I called to go get the check, they informed me that they revoked the severance pay because they found out I filed for unemployment. They also told me they took it personally that I filed and would fight me every step of the way. After a few weeks when I was ready to file my appeal with Unemployment my former employer called me and told me that they already presented evidence to unempl. and that my appeal would be denied. They also told me when I was fired that I could use them as a refrence and they would give me a good review since I had been such a long standing employee, but upon finding out about my filing for unemployment, they recinded the offer for being a reference for me. The reasons the gave to Unemployment for firing me are not the same reasons the told me I was being fired. I assume they just used things they could prove to them. Do I have any leagal recourse?
I have been fired after I worked for 5 years and was a good employee. I had a very casual relationship with my employers. When I was fired I had 6 vacation days left and had worked one week. I owed them some money for a loan and the phone bill. They calculated what I had owed to me and what I had owed to them and decided that I was owed a little over $400.00 when I left. The cut me a check and told me to pick it up the next Monday. Monday came and when I called to go get the check, they informed me that they revoked the severance pay because they found out I filed for unemployment. They also told me they took it personally that I filed and would fight me every step of the way. After a few weeks when I was ready to file my appeal with Unemployment my former employer called me and told me that they already presented evidence to unempl. and that my appeal would be denied. They also told me when I was fired that I could use them as a refrence and they would give me a good review since I had been such a long standing employee, but upon finding out about my filing for unemployment, they recinded the offer for being a reference for me. The reasons the gave to Unemployment for firing me are not the same reasons the told me I was being fired. I assume they just used things they could prove to them. Do I have any leagal recourse?