Suspension No Explination

Oregon. I am a salaried employee of a large company in Oregon. I have been put on unpaid suspension because my name was on an inappropriate email. I did not send the email but I was one of the receipiants of the email. I did not foward this email but did delete the email and told the sender to not send anymore emails of this type.
I have not been told that I have done anything wrong. I was only told that I am on unpaid suspension until they have investigated the issue.

Is this legal? Will they have to pay me if they find I did nothing wrong? What are my rights?

Thanks

Yes, it is legal to suspend you without pay pending investigation. No, even if not found guilty, they are not required by law to restore your pay. Should they, morally and ethically? Of course. And most employers do.

Yes, it is legal. Whether they will have to pay you will depend on a number of unknown factors, including how long the suspension turns out to be.

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I am sorry to read about your problem.

It seems that the USA is way behind the rest of the World excluding Third World Countries, when it comes to what employers can do to employees in the Work Force! This archaic system needs to go by the wayside!


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cbg said:

Yes, it is legal. Whether they will have to pay you will depend on a number of unknown factors, including how long the suspension turns out to be.

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Does this person at least qualify for Un-Employment benefits while the Company does it's investigation?

Good Luck!

Katrina you do realize that there are major differences between European nations and the US like socio-economic structures, litigous vs. non-litigous societies, general work attitude, etc... At-Will was implemented for a number of reasons in my opinion, but a major one is that Americans try to pull the lawsuit card way too much. If States didn't have At-Will laws then what we would have is companies afraid to fire their workers because of lawsuits. Just look at the scenarios ppl post in this forum... Live in Europe for a few years and you will notice that its not as cut and dry as workers get treated better. They earned that treatment and we have not.

Does this person at least qualify for Un-Employment benefits while the Company does it's investigation?

That also depends on factors unavailable to us, and even more so than the other depends on the ultimate length of the suspension. There is nothing, however, to stop him from applying.

EvilWizard said:

Katrina you do realize that there are major differences between European nations and the US like socio-economic structures, litigous vs. non-litigous societies, general work attitude, etc... At-Will was implemented for a number of reasons in my opinion, but a major one is that Americans try to pull the lawsuit card way too much. If States didn't have At-Will laws then what we would have is companies afraid to fire their workers because of lawsuits. Just look at the scenarios ppl post in this forum... Live in Europe for a few years and you will notice that its not as cut and dry as workers get treated better. They earned that treatment and we have not.

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Hey Evil, You are so full of crap it is errupting not only from your lame brain, but from all orifices of your body, due to the pressure built up in your large intestines. Have you considered a coffee enema?

I am sorry, but what is your highest level of education? Did I not read a post by you pertaining to your house burning down and your desire to sue someone? Did I also not read something about you admittedly running a stop sign, and than trying to scam? Sorry, don't have time for the trivial BS. And than what about that Bro of yours? Turn himself in yet?

Again, like I stated before you don't know a "hill of beans" to put it politely!

BTW have you lived in Europe?

EvilWizard said:

Katrina you do realize that there are major differences between European nations and the US like socio-economic structures, litigous vs. non-litigous societies, general work attitude, etc...

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You obviously have never worked in Europe and had experience with the European Union legal strucutre.

At-Will was implemented for a number of reasons in my opinion, but a major one is that Americans try to pull the lawsuit card way too much. If States didn't have At-Will laws then what we would have is companies afraid to fire their workers because of lawsuits.

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Are you really this stupid? I suggest you first do the research before you talk again. So far you have not posted ONE legally valid argument.

Just look at the scenarios ppl post in this forum... Live in Europe for a few years and you will notice that its not as cut and dry as workers get treated better. They earned that treatment and we have not.

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Another pile of crap. Of course you worked for a resident company and not a u.s. owned company, have intimate knowledge of the European Union and the European Court of Justice , the current unemployment rate as opposed to the U.S., or even the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 1981 as they relate to the EU commission on Employment rights.

I've got news for you bubba, employment tribunals and employment appeal tribunals, litigating claims of unfair dismissal; breach of contract; race, sex, or disability discrimination; and whistleblowing allegations are not that much different than they are in the U.S.

So take this discussion off a U.S. LEGAL forum. And learn not to talk about things you know nothing about.

Actually I have lived in Europe. Specifically I lived in Germany from about 1996 to 2000. Additionally I have family living and working throughout the UK. Now since then from reading different articles it appears that Europe has begun to follow America's footsteps in becoming more litigious, but litigation seems to come mostly in the form of competition enforcement, class action suits and higher level business related issues.

Belize slammed me on my comment that Europe in general is different than the US in terms of economic structure, general work attitude and etc... This really isn't an arguable point because it is dead true. Capitalism vs. Socialism, Taxation on income and applied to goods is hugely different in many of the EU nations. And what about general work attitude? Sure it varies from country to country, but look at things like shop hours, breaks during the day, siestas (oh god that would rule)... There is a difference in expectations from the employers and employees in the EU of what is expected during the work day/week.

My reasoning for At-Will laws comment was way off the mark from what I wanted to say so I deserve to get slammed on it. What I should have said it that I believe At-Will laws stop a lot of frivilous wrongful termination lawsuits from occurring. If we didn't have them I honestly feel it would make employers fearful of firing employees even more so than today.