What to do if I was written up because a manager lied?
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What to do if I was written up because a manager lied?
A customer came to get her food replaced, so I went to the back to tell the manager on duty. She said only replace the chicken and so the customer got upset. I told the employee to replace the whole order. The customer received their food and left. Then 2 days later the same customer made the same complaint. The manager on duty was asked by the assistant what happen and she said I got smart with the customer, which is not true. How can she say that and she wasn’t in the front and I have 2 witnesses who tried to tell the store manager that the other manager lied. They wrote me up and a week later I was fired.
Asked on November 26, 2011 under Employment Labor Law, Virginia
Answers:
M.D., Member, California and New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 13 years ago | Contributor
Actually and unfortunately, there may be very little that you can do in this situation. That is unless you had an employment contract, union agreement or there was company policy prohibiting your dismissal under the circumstances. Also, you might have a legal claim if some form of actionable discrimination was a factor in your termination (although you did not indicate that to be the case).
The fact is that in an at will employment arrangement an employer can set the terms and conditions of the workplace much as it sees fit. This include who, when and how an employee is discharged. In such a work arrangement, an employee can be fired for any reason or no reason at all (with or without notice).
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