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[tlostcause]

I have had a lot of broblems at work with the boss. He should not have the job that he has first off. but anyway, i was let go for missins too much work or so they say . a week befor that happend my truck was gone thru by another supervisor with no witnesses or my permission he didnt even tell my boss he was doing it. i was told about it by sum one who seen it happen, i then told my boss and he asked the person about it, he admitted to it and that it was wrong and i told him it was an invasion of my privicy he said he was sorry. and then i told my boss i was going to talk to a lawyer about it . he said he would too. well a week later i have no job .... 3 other ppl. have missed more davs then me and was placed on 30 probation... can anyone tell me if i was done wrong???

 

[cbg]

Based solely on what you have posted, your termination falls into the possibly unfair but not illegal category.

 

[tpajet]

What you needed to do was contact the police, because entering your truck would be illegal.

One big question - what state are you in?

 

[tlostcause]

Im In Illionis

 

[tpajet]

In Illinois employement is "At Will" which means that unless you were under some sort of contract (including a union) they do not need a reason to terminate you, as long as it was not descrimination. You might be able to do file a suit based on the attendance record of the other employee vs your own, but you are still looking at an uphill battle, and even if you did win, and you went back, they would just look for some other reason to get rid of you. Or just fire you outright for no reason at all.

 

[cbg]

The only way he would have any kind of lawsuit over the fact that other employees were not fired, would be if he had a valid and supportable reason to suggest that they were not fired, and he was, BECAUSE OF their, or his, race, religion, national origin, or some other characteristic protected under the law. And even if he could, one solution would be to fire them, as opposed to giving him his job back.

The fact is, every state except Montana is an at-will state, and even Montana follows the at-will provision in some circumstances. Absences and tardies are a legitimate reason to fire someone. It doesn't take an at-will provision to fire someone for absences, assuming that the absences are not protected under FMLA, the ADA, or a workers comp claim. No law in any state says that all employees have to be treated exactly the same; the law says only that differences in treatment cannot be based in a protected characteristic.

 

[tpajet]

Right, and my point then is that even if he did have a case, and even then if he won the case, and went back to work, they would just get rid of him anyway for some other reason, or no reason at all.