What is the name of your state? Ohio
My co-worker signed a 30 day Action Plan with our employer which specified certain areas to bring a change by a certain date, which this Action Plan states "...at the end of the 30 days, a re-evaluation would be made and a decision, which may include up to demotion or suspension, not termination would be made."
The Action Plan date specified ends on 7/30, on 7/25, the supervisor entered the store and said "the store looks a mess, I need to talk to you", they went in to the office and he was told that he doesn't foresee him able to make the changes in the action plan and he has no room for him in his market, he's transferring him to another region almost 2 hour drive away."
He has no room for him in his market b/c he hired a man who used to work for our competitor at a level higher than the position my friend and I hold in our company and he wants to get him in to a store with good profits so he can justify the salary he has... this is not assumed, it is well known.
My friend is African American and 42, the new employee is Caucasian and late 20's. My friend contacted HR at corporate and was told, "if he feels you cannot meet the expectations of the action plan, he can do it." He is filing a rebuttal to the decision, but I fear nothing will come of it as from my own experience. The supervisor did NO checking on the issues of the action plan, only stated the showroom was a mess...which is typical when you get loads of merchandise in from Corporate orders that you didn't order and have NO room to place it. The stock just arrived the night before.
Is the action plan considered an agreement and they have to hold to it? Is it also considered a verbal contract when they promise to get you a position within a period of time and make no effort to follow through with what they say? I get it, no one here states the law adheres to ANY verbal contracts, a man's word is nothing when it comes to employment law. I have a friend who is a judge, I may be calling him today.
My co-worker signed a 30 day Action Plan with our employer which specified certain areas to bring a change by a certain date, which this Action Plan states "...at the end of the 30 days, a re-evaluation would be made and a decision, which may include up to demotion or suspension, not termination would be made."
The Action Plan date specified ends on 7/30, on 7/25, the supervisor entered the store and said "the store looks a mess, I need to talk to you", they went in to the office and he was told that he doesn't foresee him able to make the changes in the action plan and he has no room for him in his market, he's transferring him to another region almost 2 hour drive away."
He has no room for him in his market b/c he hired a man who used to work for our competitor at a level higher than the position my friend and I hold in our company and he wants to get him in to a store with good profits so he can justify the salary he has... this is not assumed, it is well known.
My friend is African American and 42, the new employee is Caucasian and late 20's. My friend contacted HR at corporate and was told, "if he feels you cannot meet the expectations of the action plan, he can do it." He is filing a rebuttal to the decision, but I fear nothing will come of it as from my own experience. The supervisor did NO checking on the issues of the action plan, only stated the showroom was a mess...which is typical when you get loads of merchandise in from Corporate orders that you didn't order and have NO room to place it. The stock just arrived the night before.
Is the action plan considered an agreement and they have to hold to it? Is it also considered a verbal contract when they promise to get you a position within a period of time and make no effort to follow through with what they say? I get it, no one here states the law adheres to ANY verbal contracts, a man's word is nothing when it comes to employment law. I have a friend who is a judge, I may be calling him today.
