what can i do?

[sethaaron123]

I lived in Washington State and here is my incident....I walked out of my job on friday due to not being able to afford the commute, and today i went to apologize for not being able to continue my employment with the company. I went in today knowing that there was no benefit of me doing so other than the circumstance called for the apology. I went to the owner of the auto dealership and heard some discomforting remarks, such as: "you better watch your back" "you better hope we dont cross paths" and in front of other employees "your an embarrassment and worthless" among other things said these were the most discomforting. Is there any legal action i could take here? Not to mention on another aspect, this dealer was participating in fraudulant contracts i.e: a young couple (age 19 Jeremy/22 Rebecca) came to the dealer and worked with the full time F&I rep. The couple, not living together, plaingly put on the credit application that they resided at seperate locations. In order to manipulate the approval the sales manager and finance rep submitted the deal over to the lenders with the same residency listed to obtain an approval, not only thiat, these two young customers were forced into signing a contract that also stated false information. I am familiar with this deal becasue i unwound the deal after reviewing the contract and noticing that this was wrong.....this is exactly the kind of action that ruins the industry, are there any legal actions that can be taken here to close this store?

 

[cbg]

I went to the owner of the auto dealership and heard some discomforting remarks, such as: "you better watch your back" "you better hope we dont cross paths" and in front of other employees "your an embarrassment and worthless" among other things said these were the most discomforting. Is there any legal action i could take here?

This has GOT to be a joke post. On the off-chance that you are actually serious, I suggest that you go to your favorite search engine and look up "free speech". Your boss is a jerk but being a jerk is not illegal.

As to the other issue, if there is an actual law being violated (I have never worked in your industry) then feel free to report it to the appropriate regulatory agency, but do not fool yourself into thinking that you have the power to close the store.

 

[sethaaron123]

thank you

cbg, i appreciate your input and honesty, and i pretty much thought id be out on the first topic, i guess it more just spun me out. He is kind of a shallow person, now what do you think about this, if i where to through another spin and say that i was employed for 60 days before I left yet never completed an employment handbook, or 1099/w2 form or even was given a copy of the handbook. Technically i was never really employed. Im sure your laws are different but just a thought. I saw you are in HR correct? This place has done a number of things over the past two months, and im always more of a passive person, it just seems like there are a lot of things that arent right here. I appreciate any input. and on the second topic, i know for a fact its illegal, just not sure about pursuing and what support i may be able to gather if infact in pursuit. And falsifying and fraudulently representing a customer with the right representation could close the store down, if nothing else a HEFTY fine and potential withdrawals from certain lending institutions that would in tern lead to the demise.

 

[cbg]

There is no law that you be given an employee handbook. There is no law that there even BE an employee handbook.

Patty can correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe that, while decidedly ill-advised, it is not actually ILLEGAL for you not to have completed a W-4 (you NEVER complete the 1099 or the W-2 - the employer completes those and submits them to you at the end of the year). They would then withhold your tax at the single-0 rate. Now, if you are saying that they are not withholding any tax at all, that's a different story.

Did you receive a paycheck? If so, you were employed.

If the employer is violating laws with regards to the contracts, then as I said you can report it to the appropriate regulatory agency. If he is violating ANY laws you can report it to the appropriate regulatory agency. I didn't say that they wouldn't be fined, but closing the store is a bit excessive. It's hardly good economic sense to close down a store if there's an option, and I can think of quite a few alternate possibilities. And quite frankly, your insistance on the store closing sounds more like your wanting to take revenge on him for yelling at you, rather than concern for the consumer.

 

[ecmst12]

You quit without notice, what kind of reaction did you expect? Really?

If you REALLY felt the need to apologize, you could have done so in writing, then you would not have been there to hear them insult you when they read it and then toss it in the garbage. You could have thought it meant something to them.

 

[pattytx]

cbg is correct about the W-4. OP, are FICA/Medicare taxes being deducted?