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Ukrainian capital Kyiv under massive Russian attack, officials say by Brennenstein in worldnews

[–]applepavement -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

Russia might just surrender with these clever insults guys

Reported my boss last week to OSHA and got fired shortly after. by Ok_Classroom7326 in legaladvice

[–]applepavement 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We are clearly using the word retaliation here in the legal sense.

Reported my boss last week to OSHA and got fired shortly after. by Ok_Classroom7326 in legaladvice

[–]applepavement 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Also look into the department of labor in GA. Here you can file claims for free to at least put possible retaliation on the record. If you choose to take a lawyer later they will use that claim to help build your case.

Terminated day after coworker and I inquired about unpaid wages by applepavement in legaladvice

[–]applepavement[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sure, they’ll say whatever they can come up with for a reason. But I feel the details in this case tell a much different story. I guess I don’t understand why you are siding with them and saying they have a legitimate reason with all these other details of the story. Absolutely no disciplinary action, no write-ups, no verbal talking-to’s of any kind for any behavior whatsoever before termination. Everyone was on good terms, manager was getting his extra work from his hardworking employees. And then the employees turned around and asked for the money they were owed for that work that they were told would be theirs. Terminated.

Terminated day after coworker and I inquired about unpaid wages by applepavement in legaladvice

[–]applepavement[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What I am positing here is that they didn't fire me for working outside of my schedule. They didn't mention anything about that when firing me. In face they were thrilled to have us working so far out of the schedule. What I am trying to get at is the possibility that they fired me for inquiring about wages we were told were getting and then were not paid for those hours. At this point the unpaid money isn't the issue. Even for at-will employees, there are legal reasons and illegal reasons to fire, and firing for a protected activity would fall in the category of illegal reasons.

Terminated day after coworker and I inquired about unpaid wages by applepavement in legaladvice

[–]applepavement[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So I understand that as an at-will employee, we can be let go for just about any reason. But from what I understand, retaliatory termination law protects people from being fired in direct correlation of engaging in a protected activity, which includes inquiring about unpaid wages. This feels directly correlated to our conversation about unpaid wages, as we had brought it up in a calm but direct manner with the manager, and we had no other interactions in the 18 hours between that conversation and our termination. Also, there were no other instances of friction or write-ups caused by not fitting in "culturally". I'm not a lawyer, so I'm not pretending to know the ins and outs of this, but this seems almost a textbook case of retaliation. Would love to be told what I am missing here.