possible firing from verbal accusations

[vermonthockey]

State of Connecticut. Basically I have three alleged allegations of the last 18 months that I have possibly breached customer confidentiality. Such ways in which I supposedly gave away contact names and shared pricing information. The company I work for has no physical or audio proof that I have done this. This last allegation they are refusing to show any letters or prove that I did it. These happenings are all said to have been verbal via phone conversations and nothing thru e-mail , faxs or other documentations. It looks like they may fire me. What recourse and state laws do I have to protect me ??? Help !!!

 

[JETX]

None. Unless you are under contract or a collective bargaining agreement, the employer is under no obligation to provide you with a job. He can terminate you at will, as long as it is not done in violation of the protected discriminatory practices (race, religion, disability, sex, etc.).

Simply, your job is 'at will'. You can quit 'at will' and they can terminate you 'at will'.

 

[rentertooo]

BUT if you quit you will be denied unemployment for at least 8 weeks....

at least if you are fired you can have a hearing and they will have to provide the proof and you have a right to see it to defend yourself.

So NEVER NEVER EVER QUIT A JOB IN AMERICA!

 

[Beth3]

Ditto to what Halket advised you. If you are an "at will" employee, the employer can discharge you for any reason or no reason, just as long as it's not a specifically prohibited reason (i.e. due to your age, race, gender, etc., in retalliation for filing a worker's comp complaint and so on.)

Employers don't go around firing people for no reason however. There is always a reason, even if it's not a good one. In your situation, the employer does not need proof that you violated company policy, nor do they need to show you whatever documentation they have. They may discipline and even terminate you based upon their best judgement.

 

[rentertooo]

But they CAN NOT LIE and try and deny you unemployment without proof.

You have a right to an unemployment hearing and they must show what proof they have that it was for cause.

 

[cbg]

Rentertoo, you're three steps ahead of the game. So far, the poster hasn't said a word about anyone trying to deny him unemployment. Stay with the program, will you?

 

[rentertooo]

Thats how you prepare for this type of disgraceful behavior on the part of the company.

You ask them for a layoff notice when they fire you , then you go right down and file for unemployment stating you were laid off, then they will contact the company and if the company contests it, then you demand a hearing to produce any documents.....

You have to have a plan.....its like chess you have to think ahead, remember they can PAY for expensive lawyers you can't!

 

[Beth3]

Huh? If an employee is discharged (for other than a job elimination/staff reduction), why would the employer provide a layoff notice? I think your "plan" is a little faulty.

 

[rentertooo]

If the employer gives a worker a layoff notice then they cant go into a hearing claiming it was for just cause.

You know how corrupt some employers are, and how one department doesnt know what the other is doing so can always try and catch them off guard and be nice and ask for a layoff notice from the bookeeper, or HR person...

stategy, chess, its all the same.

 

[JETX]

Watch out everyone.... 'rentertroll' (aka: happyroach, dorkman, etc.) has shown his complete incompetence over on the landlord-tenant forum and has decided to 'branch out' into employment law. Regretably, he will probably maintain the same level of idiocy over here!!!

And his ignorant, inane remarks without any basis or fact in law, will cause all of us to have to double our work correcting his mistakes and screw-ups!!

 

[rentertooo]

Sorry man this is from Personal experience.....

I was fired from a job maybe 15 years ago, just like this guy, nothing written up just some accusations, about bending the company rules to make the customer happy. Nothing was in writing so i quickly went to the bookeeper and got her to give me a pink layoff slip, and of course won my unemployment at a hearing.

so it can be done if you think ahead.

 

[Beth3]

I doubt conning some foolish but well intentioned bookkeeper (whom you probably got into trouble with the employer) and defrauding the State out of UC benefits is something to be bragging about.

 

[rentertooo]

UH Bethy-poo It was the employer who had a drinking problem and would accuse people of things and would Never write up anything like a professional boss would.

Hey he was a dumb assss alcoholic southern redneck....enough said!

 

[JETX]

RenterTroll... so you aren't disputing the claims made that got you fired.... only that the 'boss' didn't document them!! What a referral!!!

 

[rentertooo]

boy what do you do for a living work for the government?

In the real world, you have alcoholic and drug addicted bosses who are so money grubbing that they wont even honor their own company rules.

I worked for a furniture sales comany and we guarentted delivery and if it wasnt it was free, well the boss got mad becuase i was honest about our guys not deliving on time, i refunded the delivery charges to their credit cards, he wanted us to screw the customer by lying and say they did deliver on time.

but with nothing in writing you have to cover your own assss.