SoopremeBeing
Junior Member
Maryland
I was fired yesterday from my union position during my probation period.I was hired at the end of March. My boss said she had recieved numerous complaints from my entire building that I was rude and unapproachable to them, as well as to the patients. Also I apparently violated the dress code several times, I was even accused of wearing a miniskirt! I work in Medical Records. I never recieved a single notification about any of my errors until the day before I was fired. Nor was I given the opportunity to address the complaints or correct my bad "behaviors."
I am in shock. I have been in medical records for over 10 years and I have never recieved numerous complaints from staff nor from patients. I believe I am being retaliated against due to the complaint I filed for HIPPA violations two weeks prior to my firing. I approached my boss about some concerns I had about my training and the documentation and safeguarding of PHI. It is very poor, so when she did nothing about it I made the complaint.
I do not have documention of the complaints against me and I doubt that there is evidence of me violating the dress code. I was there for almost 90 days and I only saw my boss in person 3 times. So she took hearsay as applied it as truth and fired me. I never spoke to my uniom rep.
I am seeking legal action and I plan to sue for wrongful termination. In the meantime I am afraid I will not get unemployment. How well does hearsay hold up in court? My boss never witnessed any of the things I have been accused of. I am very scared and beat down because the work environment was becoming very hostile.
I was fired yesterday from my union position during my probation period.I was hired at the end of March. My boss said she had recieved numerous complaints from my entire building that I was rude and unapproachable to them, as well as to the patients. Also I apparently violated the dress code several times, I was even accused of wearing a miniskirt! I work in Medical Records. I never recieved a single notification about any of my errors until the day before I was fired. Nor was I given the opportunity to address the complaints or correct my bad "behaviors."
I am in shock. I have been in medical records for over 10 years and I have never recieved numerous complaints from staff nor from patients. I believe I am being retaliated against due to the complaint I filed for HIPPA violations two weeks prior to my firing. I approached my boss about some concerns I had about my training and the documentation and safeguarding of PHI. It is very poor, so when she did nothing about it I made the complaint.
I do not have documention of the complaints against me and I doubt that there is evidence of me violating the dress code. I was there for almost 90 days and I only saw my boss in person 3 times. So she took hearsay as applied it as truth and fired me. I never spoke to my uniom rep.
I am seeking legal action and I plan to sue for wrongful termination. In the meantime I am afraid I will not get unemployment. How well does hearsay hold up in court? My boss never witnessed any of the things I have been accused of. I am very scared and beat down because the work environment was becoming very hostile.