Soma_Sight
New Member
Hello all.
I am a caregiver at an alzheimers ward. Or at least I WAS a caregiver until New Years Eve!
They called me in and told me I was going to be terminated for a harrasment charge form another employee.
What happend was I asked my coworker for her number. I SPECIFICALLY asked her for the purposes of work and if I may nee her to cover a shift later.
She said no.
I asked her ten minutes later if her man would get upset and if that was the reason.
She said yes.
I then told her that I was going to go to the bathroom and cry about it! ( The whole time I had a big grin on my face as I was trying to make a joke! )
So all in all I had asked her about 2 - 3 times in the span of 30 minutes.
Later that night when we got off she asked me to walk her to her car cause she felt more comfortable. I complied. In fact, for the past three nights I had walked her out to her car.
The next day I was called into the office and asked about the whole event. I told them EXACTLY what was said. The manager told me to not be so forceful with this girl as she was 21. The manager later told me that she had the mind of a 16 year old and to be careful. I complied and thought that was the end of it.
The next day ( which was Xmas ) I was a called and asked to not come in as they were gonna do an investigation on the whole matter. I said ok. They were going to pay me even though I was not in.
The results of the invesigation were as follows. They said that due to the investigation that they had other girls who worked there say that I "looked" at her differently! Thats it! The whole reason I was fired was not because of any sort of eyewitness account on the actual event but because of the subjective evidence that I may have "looked" at her differently and they believed that that warranted me to be fired!
So my question is - Is there any sort of legal rammification that I can partake to try and get my job back? They NEVER interviewed me on the event and fired me based off the fact that this girl was supposedly "uncomfortable" working with me.
The only other thing I may add is that she did indeed ask me to walk her out to her car the very night that this took place. How could she feel uncomfortable and ask me to do this? It doesnt add up?
Were they justified in firing me for simply asking for a phone number? I mean come on? I am all for the women rights and what not but to fire me for such a humurous and benign event does not seem legal?
I may add that this particular girl had told me that i had a nice body and it looked like I work out. ( Which I do. ) I had another coworker tell me to go and take a shower on the jobsite and they would bring me towels. Should I feel complied to say that I am uncomfortable and want to file counter claims based on these lame comments?
Am I totally screwed and will it show up as a firing based off harassment so I will be out of getting any other job?
Will I be homeless and jobless based off a comment that was benign as could be? Where is the fairness in this?
I am a caregiver at an alzheimers ward. Or at least I WAS a caregiver until New Years Eve!
They called me in and told me I was going to be terminated for a harrasment charge form another employee.
What happend was I asked my coworker for her number. I SPECIFICALLY asked her for the purposes of work and if I may nee her to cover a shift later.
She said no.
I asked her ten minutes later if her man would get upset and if that was the reason.
She said yes.
I then told her that I was going to go to the bathroom and cry about it! ( The whole time I had a big grin on my face as I was trying to make a joke! )
So all in all I had asked her about 2 - 3 times in the span of 30 minutes.
Later that night when we got off she asked me to walk her to her car cause she felt more comfortable. I complied. In fact, for the past three nights I had walked her out to her car.
The next day I was called into the office and asked about the whole event. I told them EXACTLY what was said. The manager told me to not be so forceful with this girl as she was 21. The manager later told me that she had the mind of a 16 year old and to be careful. I complied and thought that was the end of it.
The next day ( which was Xmas ) I was a called and asked to not come in as they were gonna do an investigation on the whole matter. I said ok. They were going to pay me even though I was not in.
The results of the invesigation were as follows. They said that due to the investigation that they had other girls who worked there say that I "looked" at her differently! Thats it! The whole reason I was fired was not because of any sort of eyewitness account on the actual event but because of the subjective evidence that I may have "looked" at her differently and they believed that that warranted me to be fired!
So my question is - Is there any sort of legal rammification that I can partake to try and get my job back? They NEVER interviewed me on the event and fired me based off the fact that this girl was supposedly "uncomfortable" working with me.
The only other thing I may add is that she did indeed ask me to walk her out to her car the very night that this took place. How could she feel uncomfortable and ask me to do this? It doesnt add up?
Were they justified in firing me for simply asking for a phone number? I mean come on? I am all for the women rights and what not but to fire me for such a humurous and benign event does not seem legal?
I may add that this particular girl had told me that i had a nice body and it looked like I work out. ( Which I do. ) I had another coworker tell me to go and take a shower on the jobsite and they would bring me towels. Should I feel complied to say that I am uncomfortable and want to file counter claims based on these lame comments?
Am I totally screwed and will it show up as a firing based off harassment so I will be out of getting any other job?
Will I be homeless and jobless based off a comment that was benign as could be? Where is the fairness in this?
