Can an employer remove you from your position based on the inability to read a signature?
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Can an employer remove you from your position based on the inability to read a signature?
I am no longer allowed to work on the cash register which hinders me from any advancement do to the fact that all positions of responsibility involves first being a cashier. This also inhibits my earning potential due to raises are based on job advancement. This is all due to my disagreeing with a write up I received based on my signature. Although I complied with their instructions to print my name under my signature, although no other employee practiced this, I was still removed from my position. I feel this action targeted me, caused me embarrassment and was a form of harassment.
Asked on July 17, 2010 under Employment Labor Law, New Jersey
Answers:
M.T.G., Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 13 years ago | Contributor
I am having some difficulty understanding exactly what happened here. Did you disagree with an employee review and refuse to sign the evaluation? Or were you written up for something done on the job that your boss thought required some form of disciplinary action? Harassment is defined as words, gestures or actions that tend to annoy, alarm and verbally abuse another person. You may mean discrimination, which is generally actionable when it is based upon race, religion, sexual orientation, etc. Employees at will are subject to many things that are difficult to swallow: demotion, firing without cause, etc. If this answer was not helpful please writie back with more facts. And if you fees that you were in some was targeted then seek consultation from the EEOC or Department of Labor in your area. Good luck.
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