How canI prove-that someone got a text message that I sent on-line about not being able to go into work?
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How canI prove-that someone got a text message that I sent on-line about not being able to go into work?
With not having a phone, I have sent a lot of text messages to people on-line and have never had a problem with them getting the message. Well when I sent a message from on-line to my boss and bosses assistant they said they never got the message. I think they did they just didn’t want to work on a Sunday, so I was let go. How can I prove they did get the message?
Asked on October 2, 2011 under Employment Labor Law, California
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 13 years ago | Contributor
You may not be able to prove the message, but, more to the point, it may not even matter. If you did not have an employment contract which guaranteed you employment, or specified only certain limited grounds or procedures for being terminated, you could likely be terminated at any time, for any reason. Thus, even if your supervisors received the message, they could very likely let you go.
IF you had an employment contract, or very firm terms in the employment handbook (i.e. no restrictions, limitations, caveats, etc. in the handbook) which would have protected your job if the message had been received, then in principal you could enforce those terms. But unless your communications provider can somehow find or provide proof of those messages for you, the only way to establish whether these messages were received would be file a wrongful termination lawsuit--based on breach of contract (including possibly, if the terms are strong enough, an implied contract found in the language of the employee handbook)--and then use the legal process or mechanism of "discovery" to compel your supervisors to answer questions about the receipt of the messages. Since lawsuits can be very expensive, it is not clear it would be worth doing this, especially since winning a lawsuit is never a given.
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