workplace rules of firement?

Question

I have a friend that was keeping the office open late on saturday night and sayed some friends could wait with him while he did what he needed to do. In the evening some other people went to another floor and used the wrong toilets and now apparently has annoyed one of the supervisors. This may sound very strange but basically a very bitchy person is trying to find anything to make me feel like an idiot and is trying to make out for as long as he can that I'm getting someone fired for not much atall. I just wanted to be able to say back well actually there are rules of offical warning that go down first if any rules are broken and he cant just get fired like that for no reason. Over at least a 5 year period of time! Is that right?

Answer 1

It depends, primarily on the policy in your specific workplace. If you have an employee handbook, it should list things which will prompt disciplinary action, and how severe that action could be for a given circumstance.

But really, letting your friends in after hours and letting them run around at will is pretty serious. It could very well be an immediate-termination type of situation, depending upon the potential problems that could cause (which is far more important a consideration than even what actually happened in this case, 'cause they're gonna want to use the policy to prevent the potential, as opposed to punish the actual).

Answer 2

First of all, there is no such word as "FIREMENT." Second of all, rules on employment and terminating an employee vary from state to state. If you really want an answer to this question either read the employee's manual or contact an employment law attorney.

Firement, indeed. Sheesh!