What is the name of your state? MICHIGAN
I WAS TERMINATED FROM MY JOB IN JANUARY OF 2005, BEFORE THE TERMINATION I WAS INTERVIEWED BY MY FORMER EMPLOYER'S SECURITY DEPARTMENT. THEY WERE INVESTIGATING IF I HAD VIOLATED COMPANY POLICY BY PERFORMING MAINTENANCE ON A FAMILY MEMBERS ACCOUNT. DURING THE INTERVIEW I ADMITTED THAT I HAD VIOLATED THE POLICY WHICH IN ITSELF WAS ENOUGH TO GET ME FIRED, BUT AT THAT POINT THE INVESTIGATOR WENT ON TO ASK ME QUESTIONS ABOUT MY PERSONAL FINANCES AND MY PERSONAL BANK ACCOUNTS, I WAS ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT CHECKS I HAD WRITTEN AND DEPOSITS I HAD MADE, I TOLD THE INVESTIGATOR THAT I INTENDED ON FILING BANKRUPTCY. I ANSWERED ALL OF THE QUESTIONS IN HOPES THAT I WOULD SAVE MY JOB. I THINK THAT MY PRIVACY WAS VIOLATED BECAUSE I WAS FORCED TO ANSWER QUESTIONS THAT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE REASON I WAS BROUGHT INTO THE INTERVIEW. I WAS HUMILIATED AND HAVE SUFFERED EMOTIONAL HARDSHIP SINCE THE INTERVIEW. I ADMITTED TO THE VIOLATION OF POLICY WITHIN 10 MINUTES OF THE INTERVIEW BUT WAS KEPT THERE, FOR 2 MORE HOURS WHILE THE INVESTIGATOR ASKED ME THE QUESTIONS ABOUT MY FINANCES. BEFORE I WAS ALLOWED TO LEAVE I HAD TO WRITE EVERYTHING I HAD SAID IN A STATEMENT, BUT WAS NOT GIVEN A COPY OF THAT STATEMENT. SOON AFTER MY TERMINATION I WAS DENIED UNEMPLOYMENT AND NOW HAVE TO GO IN FRONT OF A JUDGE TO FIGHT FOR IT. I WOULD LIKE TO PURSUE LEGAL ACTION.
I WAS TERMINATED FROM MY JOB IN JANUARY OF 2005, BEFORE THE TERMINATION I WAS INTERVIEWED BY MY FORMER EMPLOYER'S SECURITY DEPARTMENT. THEY WERE INVESTIGATING IF I HAD VIOLATED COMPANY POLICY BY PERFORMING MAINTENANCE ON A FAMILY MEMBERS ACCOUNT. DURING THE INTERVIEW I ADMITTED THAT I HAD VIOLATED THE POLICY WHICH IN ITSELF WAS ENOUGH TO GET ME FIRED, BUT AT THAT POINT THE INVESTIGATOR WENT ON TO ASK ME QUESTIONS ABOUT MY PERSONAL FINANCES AND MY PERSONAL BANK ACCOUNTS, I WAS ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT CHECKS I HAD WRITTEN AND DEPOSITS I HAD MADE, I TOLD THE INVESTIGATOR THAT I INTENDED ON FILING BANKRUPTCY. I ANSWERED ALL OF THE QUESTIONS IN HOPES THAT I WOULD SAVE MY JOB. I THINK THAT MY PRIVACY WAS VIOLATED BECAUSE I WAS FORCED TO ANSWER QUESTIONS THAT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE REASON I WAS BROUGHT INTO THE INTERVIEW. I WAS HUMILIATED AND HAVE SUFFERED EMOTIONAL HARDSHIP SINCE THE INTERVIEW. I ADMITTED TO THE VIOLATION OF POLICY WITHIN 10 MINUTES OF THE INTERVIEW BUT WAS KEPT THERE, FOR 2 MORE HOURS WHILE THE INVESTIGATOR ASKED ME THE QUESTIONS ABOUT MY FINANCES. BEFORE I WAS ALLOWED TO LEAVE I HAD TO WRITE EVERYTHING I HAD SAID IN A STATEMENT, BUT WAS NOT GIVEN A COPY OF THAT STATEMENT. SOON AFTER MY TERMINATION I WAS DENIED UNEMPLOYMENT AND NOW HAVE TO GO IN FRONT OF A JUDGE TO FIGHT FOR IT. I WOULD LIKE TO PURSUE LEGAL ACTION.