One of the common reasons that employees are terminated is false accusations of some type of misconduct, including policy violation, insubordination and even violence at workplace. While sometimes those accusations have grounds and are well justified, often an employee is being accused of violent behavior by his co-workers or a supervisor who tries to "frame" him and have him fired for one reason or another.
ken mccauley
7/2/2015 08:25:13 pm
was falsely accused of violence in the workplace towards another coworker. The fact is he was the one who threatened me first. He also had been making threats towards me 3-4 weeks prior to the incident. I went to the supervisors and nothing had been done. On the day of the incident I asked him a question which leads to an argument, which leads to him threatening me first, then me reacting. The next day I am told to go home and he isn't. They never once heard my side of the story nor did they question any of my witnesses. There is video no audio, it never shows me being the aggressor. In fact one their witnesses statements states that the other coworker threatened me first. The union failed to interview any of my witnesses. The fact that they never even looked into the possibility that I was telling the truth, shows a one sided decision. I was training a fellow employee that of the incident. She wrote a letter to the union stating that the other employee was instigating me. He would walk and flip me off and kept asking me when my lunch was, so we could fight. On the day I went to the union to meet up with the H.R person from my work. My union leader forgot to bring the statement that my fellow coworker wrote to her. I also pointed out to my union leaders that one of their company's witness statements clearly states that the other worker threatened me first. The loss prevention officer never let me tell him my side of the story. When he interviewed in the office he asked me questions, he wrote down different answers then the truthful answers I gave him. When we were at the union hall going over the video of the incident, loss prevention officer said there are three parts of the video. One of parts he couldn't play( it said on his computer file corrupt) the other two never show me being the aggressor. I have never ever been given a verbal warning or a written warning in regards to me ever showing any signs of me being anger, threatening or any violence towards another employee in the 10 years of employment. But I do have letters of me being promoted, receiving numerous customer service awards. It states in the employee handbook: The accused employee should be afforded ample opportunity to present his or her side of the story. This may require having more than one interview with the accused employee, not only at the beginning of the investigation but also at the end, giving the employee a final opportunity to comment on information gathered during the investigation before a conclusion is reached. An employer should implement a written policy specifying how allegations of misconduct will be investigated. The policy can provide for the following: that complaints will be treated seriously, investigated immediately and treated with confidentiality; that an attempt to identify all potential witnesses will be made; and that the accused employee will be allowed to respond to the charges. All these things and more never happened when they terminated me. I was never given these conditions. I have even more reasons why I feel I was wrongfully fired. The fact that they terminated me while I was on medical leave. And he the other employee involved in argument had been threatening me before the incident.The other employee who was yelling and cussing, and threatening me never had anything happen to him. I have received a letter from the E.E.O.C stating that I have the right-to-sue letter. I have just 90 days to sue them. Comments are closed.
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