My question involves labor and employment law for the state of: Oregon, Umatilla County
I started working for a company in May 2015. In late July, and with only one previous excused absence, I slept through an entire shift as my phone froze while asleep and didn't wake me up. The next day I called in and was asked to come in to see the store manager, and she fired me. This part, I understand, as I was still a temporary employee that was not hired on yet.
On Halloween, not being able to find another job (very small town) and after 60 days, I applied to the company again and they immediately rehired me and I was working a few days later. They told me I only needed to fill out an application for record keeping purposes. They also allowed me to skip the training orientation after the legal policies were explained because I had been "an outstanding previous employee", more or less, with not only no customer complaints but several congratulatory records from customers in writing. My schedule is posted 3 weeks in advance, so a few weeks ago when I checked it and it said I wasn't scheduled the week after Christmas I asked a floor manager about it and they told me they would look into it. After hearing that answer from several floor managers as well as the co-manager for those few weeks, I was called into the office by the co-manager today and told that my seasonal employment was coming to an end on Christmas Eve because there is not enough hours to justify keeping me on.
These are the reasons I believe I am being lied to for some reason. I would like to get any advice anyone has on how I should handle this situation, or if there is even anything I can do about it. Especially if my termination paperwork lists me as full-time and not seasonal, like my verification of employment states. The one single reason I can think of as to why I am being let go is that I have two call ins that were not excused, however the contract for employment states you can have 3 in a rolling 6 month period.
On my application, that was 'just for records', I applied only for full time position, leaving temporary/part time AND seasonal boxes blank (I have a copy in my hands). My work schedule says full time employee at the top. I was told by the co-manager previously that I was in a 90 day to 6 month period of temporary employment leading into full time employment. My entire team was told literally this morning that there is an excess of work hours due to employees quitting and changing positions within the company location-wise, therefore we were officially allowed to always stay for 9 hour shifts if we wanted to, instead of just being randomly asked on days when the store had call-ins. On Monday the 21st, a long-time employee on my team announced that he was retiring in early January. On the same Monday we were told that one of our team members that had no-call no-show'ed for the past week had finally come in and been fired. My team manager told me last week he was approved to acquire two new team members but he wasn't allowed to tell me at the time the reasons behind it yet (the no-call no-show and the man retiring).
I started working for a company in May 2015. In late July, and with only one previous excused absence, I slept through an entire shift as my phone froze while asleep and didn't wake me up. The next day I called in and was asked to come in to see the store manager, and she fired me. This part, I understand, as I was still a temporary employee that was not hired on yet.
On Halloween, not being able to find another job (very small town) and after 60 days, I applied to the company again and they immediately rehired me and I was working a few days later. They told me I only needed to fill out an application for record keeping purposes. They also allowed me to skip the training orientation after the legal policies were explained because I had been "an outstanding previous employee", more or less, with not only no customer complaints but several congratulatory records from customers in writing. My schedule is posted 3 weeks in advance, so a few weeks ago when I checked it and it said I wasn't scheduled the week after Christmas I asked a floor manager about it and they told me they would look into it. After hearing that answer from several floor managers as well as the co-manager for those few weeks, I was called into the office by the co-manager today and told that my seasonal employment was coming to an end on Christmas Eve because there is not enough hours to justify keeping me on.
These are the reasons I believe I am being lied to for some reason. I would like to get any advice anyone has on how I should handle this situation, or if there is even anything I can do about it. Especially if my termination paperwork lists me as full-time and not seasonal, like my verification of employment states. The one single reason I can think of as to why I am being let go is that I have two call ins that were not excused, however the contract for employment states you can have 3 in a rolling 6 month period.
On my application, that was 'just for records', I applied only for full time position, leaving temporary/part time AND seasonal boxes blank (I have a copy in my hands). My work schedule says full time employee at the top. I was told by the co-manager previously that I was in a 90 day to 6 month period of temporary employment leading into full time employment. My entire team was told literally this morning that there is an excess of work hours due to employees quitting and changing positions within the company location-wise, therefore we were officially allowed to always stay for 9 hour shifts if we wanted to, instead of just being randomly asked on days when the store had call-ins. On Monday the 21st, a long-time employee on my team announced that he was retiring in early January. On the same Monday we were told that one of our team members that had no-call no-show'ed for the past week had finally come in and been fired. My team manager told me last week he was approved to acquire two new team members but he wasn't allowed to tell me at the time the reasons behind it yet (the no-call no-show and the man retiring).
Layoffs and Reductions in Force Reason to Believe Employer Lieing About Lay-Off
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