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In reply to the discussion: A retail worker who misses a shift because of an emergency can be fired on the spot. [View all]sheshe2
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A retail worker who misses a shift because of an emergency can be fired on the spot. [View all]
Uncle Joe
Nov 2019
OP
when we the ppl are convinced we're merely another commodity in the great rat race, this happens
Kurt V.
Nov 2019
#1
"Employment at will" doesn't mean that someone can get fired for one no show. That's preposterous..
George II
Nov 2019
#13
'Employment at will" does not allow a company to terminate employees without cause. Period!'
melman
Nov 2019
#14
I'll try again. And just what is your experience in matters like this, any? In other words....
George II
Nov 2019
#44
Unfortunately, Sanders doesn't understand how it works in corporations or the working world...
George II
Nov 2019
#18
Precisely!! NO one can be dismissed without the reasons being documented, and this BS about...
George II
Nov 2019
#20
How many minimum wage workers lose their jobs for not showing up for a shift? Probably....
George II
Nov 2019
#38
OK, but we're cool with the CEO getting a 33% pay raise and making 20 million a year though right?
progressoid
Nov 2019
#40
The premise of the OP is that a shift worker loses his/her job for a single no-show....
George II
Nov 2019
#42
Boom. There it is. When I worked in retail and the food industry I have seen it many times.
Autumn
Nov 2019
#68
Companies may break the rules, but there is always legal recourse, and generally prevails.
George II
Nov 2019
#29
Sure. A single mother working minimum wage has the time and resources to sue her employer.
progressoid
Nov 2019
#32
In most (if not all) states one doesn't have to sue his/her employer. Just file a complaint...
George II
Nov 2019
#34
Workers' rights on a Federal level have not been eroding. When a state complaint is filed....
George II
Nov 2019
#41
Employment at will - termination for any reason or no reason at all- bye-bye
Backseat Driver
Nov 2019
#60
Documenting, progressive discipline and witnesses are certainly to be expected at a large retail
WhiskeyGrinder
Nov 2019
#65