NO call, No show in the workplace!?

Question

I was having a issue with my job and instructed not to return to work until the owner speak with me. i did go to an initial meeting and then told to write a proposal of how i will change my self and how much i want my job and what i am willing to do to keep it. then based on my proposal it will be decided if i was to keep my job. the next meeting i did not show up to because i refuse to degrade myself for another's power trip. how can you be a no call no show on your personal time , when you were instructed not to come back to work? so today i find out i was listed as a no call no show. i was told i can not get my check until i sign a letter stating that i resigned and was a no call no show. i cant do this because of risk of losing my unemployment benefits. has any one ever experienced this before? and what do i do?

Answer 1

Be careful. In the state of Georgia, an employer can legally pay you minimum wage for your last weeks work. I found this out when I was having problems getting paid from my employer and I told the woman at the labor dept I was thinking about quitting. I'd check with the labor board in your area about your options, but I don't think I'd sign that, even if just on principle.
Good luck and best wishes.

Answer 2

It doesn't sound right at all - you should probably speak to an employment attorney.

The downside here for you is that you were definately on a "performance improvement plan" or similar, and even if they agree that you're fired, they could deny your unemployment benefits if they say that you were fired for just cause.

Sorry - it sucks, and it sounds like you weren't necessarily treated well, but I don't know what you're going to be able to do. Perhaps write a letter stating that you feel as though you're being unfairly treated, and that you would like to agree to mutually sever your professional relationship with the agreement that they will not stop your unemployment benefits. If they're willing to agree to that, then you could make a clean break, and start looking for a new job right away, with the comfort of the unemployment checks to tide you over. A lawyer might be able to help you draft such a letter and give you pointers on how to talk to them for a nominal charge.

Good luck to you! Sorry that things aren't going really well. I hope things turn around for you!

Answer 3

In a way you were setup to quit. Read between the lines in the following statement: You were given an “opportunity” to “save” your job using a “technique” that has “shown to yield proven results” and “you choose” not to take this “opportunity”. The company has the right to tell you “when and where” you are to work. By “not coming to a meeting,” even though you believed it was on personal time (the company would have had to pay you for being there) you “voluntary” resigned.

It is basic and yet effective way of getting someone to quit instead of being fired so that the company does not have to deal with unemployment. I have seen it done a few times in the past and have yet to see an employee win unemployment. Moral of the story; the company has nearly unlimited powers in dictating your employment and you have little to no control over this.

My best advice is to try to get unemployment but you have a very slim chance of winning. Seek out a new job ASAP. Good Luck!

Answer 4

Your employer was trying to give you a chance to redeem yourself not belittle you(accepting responsibility is not belittling). Forget unemployment--you had a real job! Whether you sign or not for your pay, former employer will stop you from recieving benefits because you did not resolve the issue in workplace.
They took time out of THEIR day to have a meeting with YOU so you could keep your job. They made you the priority and you failed to show because you wanted to prove your point.
Point well taken--you showed you didn't want a job.

Answer 5

You were not on your time, when you were told to come to a meeting.
Since you were still employed, a meeting is not your time, unless they scheduled it for after hours.
Now they can fire you any time because an employer can fire an employee without any reason. The only exception is race, religion, gender and a couple more things covered by Equal Opportunity Employment Act.
As for your check, they must pay you up to the last day you actually worked.

Answer 6

Maybe if you wanted the job you should have performed in the first place...Showing up for a meeting regarding your performance is not "degrading yourself for another's power trip", it's called doing what you have to do to keep a job...if the job was important to you you would have done it. You're not going to get your job back, you're never going to see anything except that last paycheck, so sign and go find another job.

Answer 7

How long have you ever paintings for this company is it 365 days or extra the place you have been going to declare FMLA, The relatives and medical circulate away Act is a federal regulation that delivers risk-free practices for expectant mothers searching for maternity circulate away. An worker additionally would desire to have worked for a qualified company for a complete of 365 days. in the process the 365 days, the worker would desire to have worked a million,250 hours and would desire to have worked in a area in the US or any territory or possession of the US the place a minimum of 50 persons are employed with the aid of the corporate interior of seventy 5 miles. The 365 days of employment do not would desire to be consecutive. despite the fact that, a spoil in employment lasting seven years or extra does not would desire to remember till the worker grew to become into friendly energetic or reserve protection stress duties.qualified fullt-time workers are entitled to 60 days of circulate away for childbirth or different relatives emergencies. section-time workers, people who paintings under 20 hours each week, would properly be constrained to 30 days of circulate away. Employers at the instant are not required to grant paid time under FMLA maternity circulate away rules. in case you have been terminated or would be observe for unemployment and while they try the declare there'll be an charm the place you are able to convey info i.e. copies of telephone calls on previous 4 days absence, no verbal or written reprimand once you retured, etc. reliable success!!

Answer 8

"the next meeting i did not show up to because i refuse to degrade myself"

So, you had a scheduled meeting that you were aware of and that you purposely did not attend. Well, that's "no call, no show".

They cannot hold your check ransom. Contact the labor board. Whether you quit or were fired, your check should be released.

Answer 9

There is a policy similar to this where I work. The thing is a business can set any standards they want as far as ways employees may be terminated. Therefor If they have a policy in place that states no call no show is grounds for termination they can terminate you for it. Hope this helped

Answer 10

Well evidently you did something at work, that could have resulted in you being fired.

Thats what started the whole process.

Your company was trying to give you a second chance, but wanted to make sure, that you knew whatever behavior that resulted in your original problems, would not be tolerated anymore.

But then, you failed to show up for the meeting to discuss this.

So now they decided to terminate you.

What did you expect?