What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Nebraska
I was fired over six months ago by a pretty nasty employer. I am not taking further action, just trying to reconcile what happened and get over it. It's been very difficult.
The scenario is: employer threatened me and gave me three months to "improve". Six weeks later the supervisor asked me if I knew about the "meeting" Friday afternoon and they made me sit down and shoved a letter of resignation in front of my face and asked me to sign it. I refused, asked if I should log out and got my stuff and left.
I did some research and I know that they can't refuse me unemployment compensation when I sign or submit a letter of resignation. So why did they do that? I have no way of suing them for anything, at least successfully, and I live in an employment at will state. Knowing why they did that might at least be able to allow me to move forward. It was most certainly predicated on a lie, since they said they would tell prospective employers that I am eligible for rehire if I signed the letter. It's a relatively small employer, 150employees or so? I am absolutely confounded as to why they would try to get me to sign a resignation letter.
p.s. I highly doubt any attorney I would ask for advice would recommend signing the resignation letter, so I wonder what kind of game the former employer is playing?
I was fired over six months ago by a pretty nasty employer. I am not taking further action, just trying to reconcile what happened and get over it. It's been very difficult.
The scenario is: employer threatened me and gave me three months to "improve". Six weeks later the supervisor asked me if I knew about the "meeting" Friday afternoon and they made me sit down and shoved a letter of resignation in front of my face and asked me to sign it. I refused, asked if I should log out and got my stuff and left.
I did some research and I know that they can't refuse me unemployment compensation when I sign or submit a letter of resignation. So why did they do that? I have no way of suing them for anything, at least successfully, and I live in an employment at will state. Knowing why they did that might at least be able to allow me to move forward. It was most certainly predicated on a lie, since they said they would tell prospective employers that I am eligible for rehire if I signed the letter. It's a relatively small employer, 150employees or so? I am absolutely confounded as to why they would try to get me to sign a resignation letter.
p.s. I highly doubt any attorney I would ask for advice would recommend signing the resignation letter, so I wonder what kind of game the former employer is playing?