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andr0195
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What is the name of your state?MN
My wife was fired from her job as a waitress at Perkins restaurant in Minnesota.
She had one incident with a customer, who called to complain. The following morning, she explained to the manager on duty what had happened. The next day she got a call, that she was suspended for a week "pending further investagation." A week later, got the call that her services were no longer required.
What is the law concerning final paycheck? She was being billed for the last 3 months for health insurance that she canceled. She spoke with HR literally 10 times about it, but they didnt cancel the policy, and now wont return the money from the months of service. In Minnesota, does an employer have to have some just cause for termination?
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Story of what happened, if it matters:
She works evenings.. 10pm until 6am the following morning. During this shift, she is the only "front" person on, and one cook in back. She had 10 tables or so, when she got a phone call from a local hospital asking for a takeout order. Eight people ordered, asking for separate checks, and for their food to be bagged separately. Most waitresses wouldnt even take such an order, at night... alone. She did the best she could with the tables she had, and took another 1/2 hour bagging up the take out order, getting sauces, forks, etc.
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The woman came to pick up the food, was very rude, and didnt tip anything.
During the 30-45 minutes that my wife was dealing with this customer, she lost out on 10+ tips from the tables that were already eating, as well as several customers that couldnt get seated, becasue she was busy.
A short while later, business calmed down, and my wife called the takeout person back. She explained that most servers wouldnt accept a takeout order, when they are all alone, and that she had lost out on a lot of potential customers helping her. She further stated that if the customer didnt want to give a tip, a smile and a thank you would go a long way, for a server that went out of their way to help, when they shouldnt.
My wife was fired from her job as a waitress at Perkins restaurant in Minnesota.
She had one incident with a customer, who called to complain. The following morning, she explained to the manager on duty what had happened. The next day she got a call, that she was suspended for a week "pending further investagation." A week later, got the call that her services were no longer required.
What is the law concerning final paycheck? She was being billed for the last 3 months for health insurance that she canceled. She spoke with HR literally 10 times about it, but they didnt cancel the policy, and now wont return the money from the months of service. In Minnesota, does an employer have to have some just cause for termination?
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Story of what happened, if it matters:
She works evenings.. 10pm until 6am the following morning. During this shift, she is the only "front" person on, and one cook in back. She had 10 tables or so, when she got a phone call from a local hospital asking for a takeout order. Eight people ordered, asking for separate checks, and for their food to be bagged separately. Most waitresses wouldnt even take such an order, at night... alone. She did the best she could with the tables she had, and took another 1/2 hour bagging up the take out order, getting sauces, forks, etc.
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The woman came to pick up the food, was very rude, and didnt tip anything.
During the 30-45 minutes that my wife was dealing with this customer, she lost out on 10+ tips from the tables that were already eating, as well as several customers that couldnt get seated, becasue she was busy.
A short while later, business calmed down, and my wife called the takeout person back. She explained that most servers wouldnt accept a takeout order, when they are all alone, and that she had lost out on a lot of potential customers helping her. She further stated that if the customer didnt want to give a tip, a smile and a thank you would go a long way, for a server that went out of their way to help, when they shouldnt.