Life has been very stressful as of late and even when I have the time I feel too guilty about playing on the computer instead of looking for a new job.
As soon as life gets back into working order with money flow in it I'll be back to full posting power.
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Looks like I have a good lead on a job: another security gig for Oakwood Hospital. Not that I really want to do security again...but I need money fast.
My family thinks that I should persue legal action...as in wrongful discharge stuff. I don't know if it's worth it. Probably not...but I've been bugging my boss for some kind of paperwork saying I was laid off so I can get unemployment. Which he said isn't going to happen. The bastard. But he did say he would give me a letter of reconmendation. *shrug* Ugh... stress.
Are you in a state that has a workforce division or other way to enforce fair labor standards?
In most cases, I don't think the employee has much hope of getting any sort of compensation, but...there are cases in which these commissions would certainly take care of you:
1) Laid off when the job is still in existence (i.e., not part of a downsizing), and, 2) No written documentation of any poor performance
At the very least, you'd get the unemployment benefit. There's no such thing as punitive damages in labor cases. You get your old compensation and old job back, or you get unemployment. Rarely, and only in discrimination cases, have I ever seen employees win actual money that they weren't already owed.
I don't know the full situation, but it sounds like they might not be trustworthy with respect to any letter of recommendation. If things are that acrimonious, unless you get to see it, I wouldn't even use it.
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Good luck on the new job possibility, Telp!
I don't know about in your state, but in ours, even though it is a "right-to-work" state (?) you go apply for unemployment FIRST. Then when the former employer says "no, because he was fired" -- then you request a hearing and lay your facts on the table.
Nine times out of ten here, when gone to hearing, the ex-employee wins, because usually the employer doesn't have any documentation to back up why they fired him (unless he was like stealing from them or something). Sounds like you have a very good case and just need to go through the unemployment channels.
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Wow, you don't get unemployment if you are fired? That hardly seems fair. I'm pretty naive, I guess. Sure if someone was stealing. My last real job was replacing some chick who had cashed $30K of company invoices into her personal account.
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Ugh, still in MI I see. Well, I don't know what skills you have, but I used monster.com to look for jobs if I got out of the navy. There are quite a few out there for engineer types. I know GE was hiring for an operator at the power plant just north(?) of Detroit.
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I live in Illinois. I was fired from my two previous jobs. I got unemployment the first time. I didn't the second time, but it wasn't because my employer was stopping me from getting it, but because I didn't work long enough/make enough money while working to qualify for benefits. And yes, the process here is that you apply for benefits, they contact your place of employment for info, you have a phone interview if you were discharged, and then they make the decision.
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quote:My family thinks that I should persue legal action...as in wrongful discharge stuff. I don't know if it's worth it. Probably not...but I've been bugging my boss for some kind of paperwork saying I was laid off so I can get unemployment. Which he said isn't going to happen. The bastard. But he did say he would give me a letter of reconmendation. *shrug* Ugh... stress.
Defintely pursue unemployment benefits from the state office - make the employer work to deny you, if he can.
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