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86. So are you saying not to consult an expert employment lawyer...

Reply to Demsrule86 (Reply #85)

Wed Feb 16, 2022, 12:21 PM

Feb 2022

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My Daughter Was Fired Today [View all] rustysgurl Feb 2022 OP

So sorry to hear. InAbLuEsTaTe Feb 2022 #1

That stinks XanaDUer2 Feb 2022 #2

Tell her to get a lawyer. Sounds like she's got a good case... brush Feb 2022 #3

Maybe sign up for unemployment? SheltieLover Feb 2022 #6

I'd get the unemployment first as he might try to fight it if... brush Feb 2022 #8

Me too! SheltieLover Feb 2022 #10

There may be texts, emails also that should be saved. brush Feb 2022 #14

Great point! SheltieLover Feb 2022 #20

THIS. MontanaMama Feb 2022 #110

I am a retired lawyer. I don't think there's a case here absent a contract saying she won't be fired Shrike47 Feb 2022 #13

Sad, hard on most people, and standard. Hortensis Feb 2022 #23

This is the correct answer. She should speak with a lawyer. TomSlick Feb 2022 #32

It is a right to work state ...there is no recourse. Demsrule86 Feb 2022 #78

See post 32. It never hurts to consult a good employment attorney. brush Feb 2022 #80

Then they might oppose unemployment as retaliation...and attorney's cost money. I live in Ohio- Demsrule86 Feb 2022 #85

So are you saying not to consult an expert employment lawyer... brush Feb 2022 #86

In a right to work state, I would not. I feel it would be a waste of money. Demsrule86 Feb 2022 #87

See post 77. You never know. brush Feb 2022 #91

I would take the money and get a new job. That is just me. Demsrule86 Feb 2022 #103

You are conflating "right to work" with "at-will employment." "Right to work" is a state rule that WhiskeyGrinder Feb 2022 #94

Add "for retaliatory reasons" to discrimination and contractual obligations. Pacifist Patriot Feb 2022 #106

Unnnn, if he showed some kind of Animus towards women maybe uponit7771 Feb 2022 #89

IMO it wouldn't hurt to consult an expert employment lawyer. brush Feb 2022 #90

In an at will state inthewind21 Feb 2022 #100

Nice people get axed when a department is "reorganized" LakeArenal Feb 2022 #4

That's what it sounds like to me SheltieLover Feb 2022 #7

Sad but true...I lived a similar situation in 2009. Moostache Feb 2022 #22

The real sad part is that HR will protect him, and allow him to do what he does Dan Feb 2022 #5

HR no longer (if it ever did) exists to support or help the employee. CentralMass Feb 2022 #34

HR Zeitghost Feb 2022 #67

When it was called Personnel, they 90% backed the employee - HR is a leftover from Raygun years when Hestia Feb 2022 #102

On behalf of Safety Managers Safety Dawg Feb 2022 #9

So sorry this has happened to her SheltieLover Feb 2022 #11

If She Stayed modrepub Feb 2022 #12

She sounds like a solid, competent person. nilram Feb 2022 #15

Sometimes there things lead to a much better situation. Hoping Tomconroy Feb 2022 #16

Sorry, she's having to deal with this. hippywife Feb 2022 #17

Usually these kind of things have negative consequences for companies Hav Feb 2022 #18

Sounds like a really terrible boss! Desert grandma Feb 2022 #19

This sounds like a case of the new hatchet man needing to leave a few "bodies" somewhere to justify dameatball Feb 2022 #21

Never understood this frame of mind. 2Gingersnaps Feb 2022 #24

So sorry this happened! Chicagogrl1 Feb 2022 #25

This advice is absolutely the best jmbar2 Feb 2022 #41

+1 uponit7771 Feb 2022 #92

+1 ancianita Feb 2022 #98

Goodness, I would hope HR provided separation documentation! Pacifist Patriot Feb 2022 #107

Best advice. All of that. Do not give up until you have it all. LittleGirl Feb 2022 #109

Sorry, good riddance though... RANDYWILDMAN Feb 2022 #26

She should look for a new job & not try to save this one. CrispyQ Feb 2022 #27

So sorry for her. ificandream Feb 2022 #28

My son got fired about 18 months ago MOMFUDSKI Feb 2022 #29

He's a dinosaur. Administrators that think like him won't roam gldstwmn Feb 2022 #30

Don't hold your breath. CentralMass Feb 2022 #35

I've been in the work force for 44 years and am a keen reader of people. gldstwmn Feb 2022 #49

A decade from now what help the young lady losing her job. CentralMass Feb 2022 #56

Unless she is in a union, there is no recourse iemanja Feb 2022 #31

worked for a guy like that once upon a time. He drove people he didn't like out of demigoddess Feb 2022 #33

Just awful Busterscruggs Feb 2022 #36

She wouldn't have liked working for that prick anyway. Nows the time to find a BETTER job. oldsoftie Feb 2022 #37

This happened to me years ago. Almost identical circumstances. llmart Feb 2022 #38

It is unfair to say the least. Did they make her sign anything on the way out the door? waterwatcher123 Feb 2022 #39

A Mercy? FrankTC Feb 2022 #40

Welcome to DU, FrankTC! calimary Feb 2022 #44

I'm sorry to see this GreenEyedLefty Feb 2022 #42

What a jerk move on the part of him and the company. I would bet half the farm that guy LoisB Feb 2022 #43

I doubt that she can do anything about it radical noodle Feb 2022 #45

. WhiskeyGrinder Feb 2022 #59

Actually, employment law is primarily state-based. Ms. Toad Feb 2022 #66

Yes, employment law is primarily state-based. WhiskeyGrinder Feb 2022 #68

The concept of at-will employment is decided at the state level. Ms. Toad Feb 2022 #69

Yes... my bad radical noodle Feb 2022 #72

Most blue states are at will, too. LisaM Feb 2022 #84

Working remotely can decrease job security, giving advantage to Hortensis Feb 2022 #46

This is a layoff and she's getting unemployment. Not much you can do. Tell her to file ASAP. WhiskeyGrinder Feb 2022 #47

++ shitheads gonna shithead, but there is a bright side to this cadoman Feb 2022 #71

I took early retirement about a year before Covid hit slightlv Feb 2022 #48

Slim chance,.... magicarpet Feb 2022 #50

You are conflating "right to work" with "at-will employment." "Right to work" is a state rule that WhiskeyGrinder Feb 2022 #58

Take the unemployment. hamsterjill Feb 2022 #51

I can feel her pain lonely bird Feb 2022 #52

Her husband Rebl2 Feb 2022 #53

No ... rustysgurl Feb 2022 #61

Oh. Okay. Rebl2 Feb 2022 #62

Sadly assholes in the workforce hurt people. live love laugh Feb 2022 #54

Severance in my experience iwillalwayswonderwhy Feb 2022 #55

I'm sorry she has to go through this situation. badhair77 Feb 2022 #57

K&R mvd Feb 2022 #60

Wife had similiar firing and my last job ended quite shitty too, a lot sounded very familiar! Brainfodder Feb 2022 #63

She'd be better off to take the severance and vacation pay. Fla Dem Feb 2022 #64

Thanks everyone rustysgurl Feb 2022 #65

I'm pretty sure retaliation is actionable. gldstwmn Feb 2022 #74

Can all of that be documented? Not sure what EEOC laws there are in Kansas, but there are a bunch... George II Feb 2022 #70

take the package and find a better job... hope she can find nicer bosses :) WarGamer Feb 2022 #73

This kind of thing seems to happen everywhere DFW Feb 2022 #75

She sounds like an excellent employee. EndlessWire Feb 2022 #76

PS! EndlessWire Feb 2022 #77

PPS! EndlessWire Feb 2022 #79

Did they 'downsize' the department or just her? Texin Feb 2022 #81

+1, especially if most of the job duties were kept and handed off to a single person uponit7771 Feb 2022 #93

Since they just posted her job on their website rustysgurl Feb 2022 #96

I am so sorry pandr32 Feb 2022 #82

Sorry but this is, for the most part, the way employment works in the U.S. mrsadm Feb 2022 #83

What a nightmare wendyb-NC Feb 2022 #88

People suck 1WorldHope Feb 2022 #95

Think long and hard about suing Jimbo S Feb 2022 #97

I'm sorry for your daughter. ancianita Feb 2022 #99

Back in the day musclecar6 Feb 2022 #101

Awful, but she's probably best out of it. BlackSkimmer Feb 2022 #104

Senior HR Professional here... Pacifist Patriot Feb 2022 #105

Find a new job and take as many coworkers as you can. The Jungle 1 Feb 2022 #108