I live in South Carolina, and working in N.Carolina. I had worked at a gaming/LAN center in Charlotte, Nc for 1 1/2 years. Across that time, the 3 other store managers (SM), myself, and the owner, had come up with policies the employees of each of the 4 stores had to follow.
Policy: You could not be in the store an hour before it opened, and after an hour of it closing.
Now here's the situation.
I went to work on a Monday morning, worked my regular shift and went to my doctors office for a check up after an ER visit and surgery. Went back to the store after my doctors visit to play some World Of Warcraft. The assistant manager (AM) was closing that night, store closed at 10.
Around 10:17 he said he was leaving and got all the nightly paperwork down and bank deposit, etc etc. and failed to kicked out any of the regulars in the store at that time, assuming that because I was there and another employee, that the regulars could stay.
Leaving a total of like 10 people in the store after close. Around 10:30 one of the regulars left, and tried to exit the mall, but the locked the doors so he came back into the store and we let him out the back.
Me and the kid I went to the store with, left at 10:47p and left the PT employee and a few people and I told them to be out by 11.
Me and my friend left through the back door and told the PT'r to lock it behind us.
Well, they didn't end up leaving at 11, and he didn't end up locking the door behind me.
So when my AM comes in the next morning to open, the back door was wide open leaving all the items in the store available to the public (Imagine having 16 high end gaming pc's, 22 xbox 360's with 28" monitors just sitting there...JACKPOT!) My AM then contacted the DM (District manager) and the DM made his way to the store later that night.
I was scheduled to work a closing shift, but could not make it due to my car breaking down on the highway, and I called the same PT'r who was at the store the night previously and asked him to close for me, he agreed.
So as he's working the DM comes in, relieves him of his post, and tells him to go home.
Bunch of stuff goes down with the AM lying about stuff about the part timer.
That night, my DM and AM talked to head of mall security about what time everyone left and if the door was REALLY left open all night. Mall security said they didn't see the door open all night but they did see 2 people leave around 10:50 (Me and my friend).
Despite that I get a call on Wed. morning saying I was being LET GO because the back door was left open, even tho I was the last to use the door, I wasn't the last in the store.
Then my mother had talked to the owner of the company because she needed to know if I could file for Unemployment and if my medical would continue until end of December because I had operations in the following week and needed coverage.
The owner said my medical would continue until end of Dec. and that I was FIRED for breaking company policy and staying an hour past closing (Which is clearly not the case, as seen on camera leaving at 10:47ish) He said I could try to file for unemployment.
So there was no real proof either of those situations involved me, yet I'm still on the short end of the stick...haha
Now, I filed for unemployment, got apporved and all that, but haven't received a payment.
I know in the state of NC they don't need a reason to fire you, but if they do, shouldn't the owner and the DM somewhat have the same excuse for being fed lies by the AM??
Is the reason I'm not receiving my checks because I was fired? And as far as the unemployment office is concerned, is LET GO and FIRED the same thing? I was let go from a factory job in Ny and recieved unemployment.
And would telling this to a claims officer at unemployment change the fact I'm not receiving checks?
In dire need of help...Thanks in advance.
Justin Pierce
Policy: You could not be in the store an hour before it opened, and after an hour of it closing.
Now here's the situation.
I went to work on a Monday morning, worked my regular shift and went to my doctors office for a check up after an ER visit and surgery. Went back to the store after my doctors visit to play some World Of Warcraft. The assistant manager (AM) was closing that night, store closed at 10.
Around 10:17 he said he was leaving and got all the nightly paperwork down and bank deposit, etc etc. and failed to kicked out any of the regulars in the store at that time, assuming that because I was there and another employee, that the regulars could stay.
Leaving a total of like 10 people in the store after close. Around 10:30 one of the regulars left, and tried to exit the mall, but the locked the doors so he came back into the store and we let him out the back.
Me and the kid I went to the store with, left at 10:47p and left the PT employee and a few people and I told them to be out by 11.
Me and my friend left through the back door and told the PT'r to lock it behind us.
Well, they didn't end up leaving at 11, and he didn't end up locking the door behind me.
So when my AM comes in the next morning to open, the back door was wide open leaving all the items in the store available to the public (Imagine having 16 high end gaming pc's, 22 xbox 360's with 28" monitors just sitting there...JACKPOT!) My AM then contacted the DM (District manager) and the DM made his way to the store later that night.
I was scheduled to work a closing shift, but could not make it due to my car breaking down on the highway, and I called the same PT'r who was at the store the night previously and asked him to close for me, he agreed.
So as he's working the DM comes in, relieves him of his post, and tells him to go home.
Bunch of stuff goes down with the AM lying about stuff about the part timer.
That night, my DM and AM talked to head of mall security about what time everyone left and if the door was REALLY left open all night. Mall security said they didn't see the door open all night but they did see 2 people leave around 10:50 (Me and my friend).
Despite that I get a call on Wed. morning saying I was being LET GO because the back door was left open, even tho I was the last to use the door, I wasn't the last in the store.
Then my mother had talked to the owner of the company because she needed to know if I could file for Unemployment and if my medical would continue until end of December because I had operations in the following week and needed coverage.
The owner said my medical would continue until end of Dec. and that I was FIRED for breaking company policy and staying an hour past closing (Which is clearly not the case, as seen on camera leaving at 10:47ish) He said I could try to file for unemployment.
So there was no real proof either of those situations involved me, yet I'm still on the short end of the stick...haha
Now, I filed for unemployment, got apporved and all that, but haven't received a payment.
I know in the state of NC they don't need a reason to fire you, but if they do, shouldn't the owner and the DM somewhat have the same excuse for being fed lies by the AM??
Is the reason I'm not receiving my checks because I was fired? And as far as the unemployment office is concerned, is LET GO and FIRED the same thing? I was let go from a factory job in Ny and recieved unemployment.
And would telling this to a claims officer at unemployment change the fact I'm not receiving checks?
In dire need of help...Thanks in advance.
Justin Pierce