Can my employer fire me by telling my mother to tell me and not giving me information of my own termination?
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Can my employer fire me by telling my mother to tell me and not giving me information of my own termination?
Asked on August 29, 2015 under Employment Labor Law, Utah
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SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 9 years ago | Contributor
What you describe is highly unprofessional but not illegal. The law does not specify any particularly way that an employee should be terminated, and similarly does not limit or restrict how the employer could notify the employee of his/her termination. As long as you received notice, whether directly or indirecty, of your termination, as you evidently did the termination is effective.
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