I was terminated in retaliation for having a disability and being injured on the job due to my employer’s negligence. I took leave for surgery due to that injury and was terminated the day I returned. The reason? Allegedly poor performance, despite my review, completed just three weeks before the beginning of my leave, stating I was doing fantastic. My manager pinned a number of her failures on me in the process, all of which I could prove were entirely due to her own incompetence, but HR had already fired me. No one cared.
I filed a complaint with my state’s labor department, and in response my employer fabricated a host of lies to justify my termination. The department initially sided with them until I created a multi-page document explaining my evidence to them like they were a child. Within days, I had a new investigator and they had a team working on my case.
I just received a letter from the investigator. I won. Not only did they side with me for every accusation made by or against me, they found additional concerning details in my employer’s story, entirely due to the evidence they fabricated. Poorly. So soooo poorly.
It was noticed that there was a significant uptick in terminations at the time, and more of them were of injured or disabled employees than could be accounted for by employee population composition. The state is now prosecuting them for their violations in my case and investigating the entire company for further violations.
Feels good.
Holy shit, great work!! Congrats on not only getting your own justice, but also forging a case that your former coworkers can use to get theirs too. I imagine that was a ton of work, and you did it while recovering from surgery to boot.
You freakin rule!!
That’s why you keep receipts
That’s great you pushed back and won after being denied. It’s so easy to get dismissed the first time in so many things, and they just hope you don’t pursue it further.
I am glad you had a good ending, there are a thousand more cases like this everyday and most never get justice.
Can confirm, am one of those… It’s been too long and I don’t know if it’s worth fighting back.
Company is really going to regret negligence in HR staff choices; this kind of shit is like HR 101 lol.
Isn’t HR101 just asking ChatGPT now? I’d love to know if it was somehow involved in helping fabricate whatever was fabricated.
Strategically firing disabled people is absolutely something coming down from management, not something the HR people thought would be a good idea.
Get your wrongful dismissal suit lined up so you’re in early before they run out of money.
I hope that means you are getting a fat wad of cash.
Good on you for retaining documentation. That is the key.
Any time something feels off with your job, it’s important to keep documentation in case your employer is planning to fuck with you in some way. I once successfully fought a back-door layoff (that’s when your employer puts you on a performance improvement plan to try and fire you without cause) because I had kept my own records and could prove I was the most productive member of my team.
Sweet revenge. I’m happy for you.
Nice one congrats
Hopefully all this comes with a decent paycheck, right? If not, you should also get a lawyer to sue them. You would have no problem finding one to take you on contingency (aka free until they collect a payday).
I’m sorry that happened to you but I’m happy you have been vindicated. I hope you have many peaceful and calm days ahead. You deserve it!
Nice job
My morning is brighter, thanks to you!
That sounds like criminal. Civil is another matter. Talk to an atty before statute of limitations is up.
Good. Fuck those assholes.
Our hero! Sue em dead!
