imuncas721
Junior Member
New York
About 3 months ago, a store manager asked my opinion (as a department manager) of altering another person's (from the deaptment that I managed)payroll, with the other person's concent, in order to comply with the company's budget. I told him that it didn't matter to me.
When he was questioned about it, the manager shifted the blame to me. When I was questioned about it, by Human Resources, I said that I did recall the conversation, but didn't recall who actually made the payroll adjustment (it had been 6 weeks prior). I told the HR manager that the manager had done this on previous occasions as well. At least 2 other people who were asked also told the HR manager about the manager's actions.
The HR manager asked me for proof that the employee had actually worked a shift that they didn't get paid for.
The following week, the HR manager returned, where I showed her documentation that the employee did actually work a day that they didn't get paid for. But my termination papers had already been prepared. I was told that even if the payroll was correct, I was aware of an intended payroll violation, and was obligated by the "Code of Conduct" that I signed 5 years earlier to report it.
I was asked to sign a coaching and counciling form admitting to the payroll violation, which I refused, and I was terminated. The store manager and the employee involved are still employed.
I have not received pay for the last week that I worked, and my stock options were removed from my account upon my termination. I have the paperwork that came with the options when they were granted, and it states that I have 90 days after termination in which to exercise them. I questioned my former district manager about this, and it was passed along to the same HR manager that terminated me for clarification.
There is also a racial thread that could run through this, where the HR Manager, the store manager, and another employee whose job was spared by the HR manager in a sexual harassment investigaion, all are of the same race, which is different than mine.
Do I have any legal rights here?
About 3 months ago, a store manager asked my opinion (as a department manager) of altering another person's (from the deaptment that I managed)payroll, with the other person's concent, in order to comply with the company's budget. I told him that it didn't matter to me.
When he was questioned about it, the manager shifted the blame to me. When I was questioned about it, by Human Resources, I said that I did recall the conversation, but didn't recall who actually made the payroll adjustment (it had been 6 weeks prior). I told the HR manager that the manager had done this on previous occasions as well. At least 2 other people who were asked also told the HR manager about the manager's actions.
The HR manager asked me for proof that the employee had actually worked a shift that they didn't get paid for.
The following week, the HR manager returned, where I showed her documentation that the employee did actually work a day that they didn't get paid for. But my termination papers had already been prepared. I was told that even if the payroll was correct, I was aware of an intended payroll violation, and was obligated by the "Code of Conduct" that I signed 5 years earlier to report it.
I was asked to sign a coaching and counciling form admitting to the payroll violation, which I refused, and I was terminated. The store manager and the employee involved are still employed.
I have not received pay for the last week that I worked, and my stock options were removed from my account upon my termination. I have the paperwork that came with the options when they were granted, and it states that I have 90 days after termination in which to exercise them. I questioned my former district manager about this, and it was passed along to the same HR manager that terminated me for clarification.
There is also a racial thread that could run through this, where the HR Manager, the store manager, and another employee whose job was spared by the HR manager in a sexual harassment investigaion, all are of the same race, which is different than mine.
Do I have any legal rights here?