Wondering if anyone has been terminated due to a FB post that MAY fall under protected concerted activities. I was recently fired over a post (on a co-worker'so thread, not mine). We were discussing work expectations on our own time. One of my comments had to do with them only caring about their bottom line. That was what got me fired. The company's name was never mentioned & the post was deleted by the author later the same day. Someone copied it though & turned it in to HR. Several other employees also commented, but no one else was fired, just me. I'm still really upset about it & did apologize, but that fell on deaf ears. I've now had to take another job for less $$$ just to make ends meet. Could really use some advice on if I have any legal recourse or if I just learned a really hard lesson :( Please be nice!!!! I'm being hard enough on myself! Thanks

in 2015 I left the post office, i was basically tricked into leaving being told if i bring mail back i would be fired, but working a new area that you know nothing about could slow you up especially when you have businesses you are delivering to.

I have worked as a babysitter for the same family for almost a year. The little girl and mother seemed very nice at first but started changing about 5 months in. She began asking me to run errands that were not part of my job description (waking her swearing and angry son up every morning, unpacking her bags from vacation, and vacuuming the entire house). She also began bossing me around and trying to control. She'd random cancel my hours last minute which left me without income for that period and didn't even have the decency to give me notice when she was ending my hours early. I guess I should have seen it coming and left but I was trying to be the loyal sitter and tried to make her happy. She'd give me mountains of laundry and not even an ironing board to work with. She didn't want to buy her daughter a new toothbrush for her daughter even though the current one was dirty and stunk.

On March 1, she came home early and yelled at me cause the chores were not done. I was expecting to finish them at 6 PM and she came home an hour early.

After listening to yelling and starting to cry myself, I began to record our convo audio on my phone. I was fearful of her and she grabbed my phone when she noticed. (This is perfectly legal in my state to record a convo you are a party to). I was astounded she would touch my property and pulled my phone back out of her hand. She made me go through my phone and I just ended up leaving in tears.

She later fired me over text. I hate that b**** of a boss.

What are your thoughts?

my lesbian granddaughter got fired over the owner bringing his new grilfriend to take over the management duties. so first advice we sued for her to get her final paycheck and no way she could get this guy as a referral. i told her dont worry the release of information act usually employers dont call references put me down and my business but they employers dont call 99% of the time . unless its a college degree job or specialty job or career. i even told her what to say for the gap of work she incurred from this jerk that fired her. i told her your transitioning due to you want to learn more and have better upward mobility skills for upper management skills . she got the assistant manager job even being gay so hoorray they didnt hold that against her. and also later with my believing in her and counseling her for job and career help which im a counselor and money & credit jobs specialist . she now got promoted to a general manager job even though only high school G E D and no college: so patti my whole point is be creative and so many creative oppotunities to get hired and get on with your life read the 4 AGREEMENTS IN LIFE IT WILL HELP YOU UNDERSTAND BY DON MIGUEL RUBIO . need help contact me anytime;

This was a few years back that I was working for a Company Called Tiger Market But I was working 2 jobs in which I was on time to both jobs everyday. I had no car so I'd walked from my 3rd Shift to my next job with minutes to spare but I was exhausted so I decided since it was a different location right next to my 1st job so I asked my manager to transfer to the location near my other she was fine with it and deliberated about it with the other store manager and he said he needed more employees. Between the transfer I was off the schedule at the other store and was told to speak with my new manager and so I did EACH AND EVERYDAY, Either he was busy or gone and while he was there he'd always tell me to come back tomorrow so I did but one day i didn't come back or call I figured I was bothering him so the day after that I went into the store and he told me "You were on schedule last night so you're a no call no show". He never contacted me about coming in I felt like he was giving me the run around just to watch me fail but in the state of Tennessee I heard that a manager or supervisor can fire someone without a reason I'm not sure how true that is but I felt I did everything I was asked and still lost my job.

I had a company fire me because they say I look mean and if looks could kill everyone would be dead, we have to let you go

It isn't going to do any good now but I was wrongfully discharged from a job it really upset me.

I am at a loss of what to do. My General manager was fired and later replaced by a lady , who at one time was the G. M. But was fired. The restraunt I work for had been going down hill, and one afternoon the kitchen was slkow, my guests were upset, and I was running out of apologies. I, on several occasions asked my G.m. to soak with them, but she never did leading me to be screamed at in front of an entire restraunt because their meal was not served, and although I was upset was respectful when I let my manager know what happened. On my days off my neice went to a interview and was told I was going to be fired because of my "emotional instability " . Long story short, I messaged my boss before going Tommy next scheduled shift and asked her about this and she said if I wanted to come later that evening ( after my scheduled shift) and talk about my " emotional instability " I was more than welcome. At that point felt like speaking to her was not a good idea and true to what I was told I was fired. I don't know what I can do but I know this is defimation of character among other things . I am a great server and excellent in customer service and now jobless. Any advice or avenues I may turn to to right this wrong?

I left my position as a legal assistant of 18 years in search of "greener pastures" and found a position at another law firm taking less pay upon the promise of an increase in pay after three months of employment. I was also told that because of my extensive legal experience and new attorneys being hired at the firm that I would most likely "move up quickly" in the firm.

My position was primarily performing transcription work for two of the three partners in the firm (working along side of their legal assistants). After less than two months of employment I was given the transcription of the third partner (also, I need to mention that I have Multiple Sclerosis (MS) which for anyone who is unfamiliar is a neurological disease and stress is a huge factor in causing exacerbations, aka, flare ups). After just over three months working there I had a very big MS flare up and was hospitalized for six days because the left side of my body was shutting down and I could barely walk.

After I returned to work I went back to my regular duties and I decided that since my three months had come and gone I would ask for an increase in pay and mentioned that when I was hired I was told that I would receive an evaluation and most likely a raise. I was told by the office manager that she believed no one ever told me that I would receive a performance evaluation and that they "do not give increases after the first three months of hire" and with that, she would have to "speak with the partners" about it. Two weeks later I was told by one of the legal assistants I worked along side of that we were having a meeting in the library in 10 minutes. I was not told why or who would be in attendance. I arrive at the meeting where it was myself, the two assistants I worked along side with and the office manager. They were armed with samples of my work and proceeded to pick me apart "word by word" so to speak. Mind you, when I was hired I was told that my job, specifically was strictly transcription and nothing was ever said about proof reading it and that proofreading was the job of the legal assistants. After the meeting the two legal assistants left and it was just the office manager and myself. She then told me that in light of the meeting and my "performance" that they would not be able to increase my pay but would entertain a re-evaluation in 30 days. During that 30 day time period I was being harassed and pressured daily by the two assistants as well as the office manager. I immediately started "covering my a**" and proofreading my work (even providing the assistants with the document I had "red" marked).

I began to feel overly stressed and was getting a sick feeling in the pit of my stomach pulling into the parking lot every day. My hands and feet became progressively more numb day by day and then my face started to feel numb. That was when I went to the doctor and asked to be taken off of work pending me being able to get a referral and an appointment with a new neurologist. I was taken off work for just over a month before I was able to see the neurologist and when I saw the neurologist he put me on disability for two months.

Here's where my question comes in. After being off work for two weeks my employer sent me a letter saying they had to fill my position and that when I returned they would "find" me a new position, and that my health insurance would only be paid for three months (whether or not I returned to work, I assumed). Mind you, they did not even know how long I was going to be off work at this point. This all happened at the end of September, the letter was dated October 18, 2016, and my health insurance was to be paid through December 31, 2016. My neurologist ended up keeping me on disability an additional month through February 24, 2017, which I did not bother to tell my "employer" about because of an email I received on January 19, 2017, from my "employer", which was merely attaching COBRA paperwork (terminating my health insurance) which stated the qualifying event was "termination of employment" and the effective date December 31, 2016. Now I am trying to apply for unemployment and I explained this entire story to them in my interview (which I had yesterday) and the big question that unemployment asked was "did you contact your employer to ask for your job back"? I told them no, I did not because the job was causing me undue stress.

So, what is the opinion here? Was this wrongful termination? Was I terminated? Was this considered "job abandonment"?

Any advice is welcomed.. last year my Dad got sick and his doctors recommended that he needed to be watched or put into a hospital. I filed for Fmla to take care of him, and the company approved my leave. I took an initial 10 days off, during which I was able to get my dad into a adult day health care 3x a week and i would only need 2 days a week off to care for him. So i go back to work, with doctors certified notes and satisfying the Fmla requirements for the company. Upon my return to work I was terminated for an "attendance problem".. keep in mind I had never been written up for an attendance issue prior to this because an attendance problem did not exist. A Unemployment judge then labeled the companys write ups (which were not signed by me) were fraudulent and manufactured. And it violates my federal labor rights? Would it be worth it to go after them civally? What would the possible settlements be?