My Daughter Was Fired Today

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77. PS!

Just short of 5 years? Isn't 5 years the benchmark for being vested in a company? How close was she to that mark? That might be something to think about. I would research that, and gather all the necessary documents. Start following that paper trail.

I worked for a hospital for 8 years, was vested in the company insurance plan, and now receive a small but much appreciated annuity.

Here in California, also an at-will state, there were two OR nurses who were going to receive retirement benefits within two years, if I remember correctly. They were fired for no reason, and they sued. They won in court, and received additional funds, shall we say.

You never know until you run it by an attorney. Get the unemployment, then find out if there is anything else she can do. Examine her paperwork that she signed when she was hired. I don't want to be someone who stirs up unnecessary fretting and trouble, but she should calm down and see what's there. Maybe they have something secret going on, and they let her go before she became vested with a future benefit. Employers do stuff like that.