baylor3217
Junior Member
What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Texas
I didn't know this was possible. I received a phone call from the state a couple of weeks back with the state saying they were blocking my unemployment check due to "gross negligence".
I received a letter today stating that it was officially blocked and i could appeal via phone, apparently with my employer on the phone at the same time.
Do I have any recourse regarding the unemployment check?
Here's a quick re-cap of what originally happened in this thread: https://forum.freeadvice.com/hiring-firing-wrongful-termination-5/i-fear-i-am-about-wrongfully-terminated-can-you-help-613439.html
Since then, my boss never met with while i was on the so called performance improvement plan. I had my annual review in July and received a "Meets Expectations" and a raise.
All seemed good with the world. The new people who were harassing me, after 11 years of employment with this company and ZERO issues with management or in my review, were finally leaving me alone.
Then in about October, I was informed they wanted to install a new computer system at my pharmacy and, since I'm a model employee and all, they wanted me to head up the effort for the company. We went through the painstaking process of upgrading the system with tons of OT, etc from late October to November and then we all went on vacation for Thanksgiving.
When I arrived back in the office on Monday 11/30, HR arrived shortly thereafter and pulled me aside and said they were firing me. I asked why, and they trumped up some charges of things I had supposedly done that warranted termination the day before i left for Thanksgiving.
I'm not sure how much was premeditated on their part, but for all intents and purposes, it appears they purposely kept me around to upgrade their computer system and then fired me.
I filed for unemployment and have been out of work for a few weeks and found out today that the unemployment was denied.
IN SUMMARY
1) do i have any recourse regarding the unemployment being denied?
2) Should I appeal?
3) Do I potentially have a basis for a "wrongful termination" lawsuit? I'm a woman. I've not had any of these issues in over the last decade until a new female boss joined the company back in March and ever since then I've been dealing with this bi-polar situation where one day I'm on a performance plan, the next day I get zero feedback on if I'm doing better, months later I get my annual review and a meets expectation AND a raise, months after that I get asked to spearhead a flagship installation of a new computer system, which we successfully accomplish and weeks after that, I'm fired.
Losing this job will probably cost me $10,000-$15,000 in annual salary and a work schedule that was convenient.
Thank you for any perspective and direction!
I didn't know this was possible. I received a phone call from the state a couple of weeks back with the state saying they were blocking my unemployment check due to "gross negligence".
I received a letter today stating that it was officially blocked and i could appeal via phone, apparently with my employer on the phone at the same time.
Do I have any recourse regarding the unemployment check?
Here's a quick re-cap of what originally happened in this thread: https://forum.freeadvice.com/hiring-firing-wrongful-termination-5/i-fear-i-am-about-wrongfully-terminated-can-you-help-613439.html
Since then, my boss never met with while i was on the so called performance improvement plan. I had my annual review in July and received a "Meets Expectations" and a raise.
All seemed good with the world. The new people who were harassing me, after 11 years of employment with this company and ZERO issues with management or in my review, were finally leaving me alone.
Then in about October, I was informed they wanted to install a new computer system at my pharmacy and, since I'm a model employee and all, they wanted me to head up the effort for the company. We went through the painstaking process of upgrading the system with tons of OT, etc from late October to November and then we all went on vacation for Thanksgiving.
When I arrived back in the office on Monday 11/30, HR arrived shortly thereafter and pulled me aside and said they were firing me. I asked why, and they trumped up some charges of things I had supposedly done that warranted termination the day before i left for Thanksgiving.
I'm not sure how much was premeditated on their part, but for all intents and purposes, it appears they purposely kept me around to upgrade their computer system and then fired me.
I filed for unemployment and have been out of work for a few weeks and found out today that the unemployment was denied.
IN SUMMARY
1) do i have any recourse regarding the unemployment being denied?
2) Should I appeal?
3) Do I potentially have a basis for a "wrongful termination" lawsuit? I'm a woman. I've not had any of these issues in over the last decade until a new female boss joined the company back in March and ever since then I've been dealing with this bi-polar situation where one day I'm on a performance plan, the next day I get zero feedback on if I'm doing better, months later I get my annual review and a meets expectation AND a raise, months after that I get asked to spearhead a flagship installation of a new computer system, which we successfully accomplish and weeks after that, I'm fired.
Losing this job will probably cost me $10,000-$15,000 in annual salary and a work schedule that was convenient.
Thank you for any perspective and direction!