Can I get fired for not knowing I worked on a usual day off?
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Can I get fired for not knowing I worked on a usual day off?
I just came back to work last week after being sick with pneumonia. At the time of my being away, they started up peak season and had a lot of rules that I hadn’t been informed of. I missed a day of work and had no idea because it did not show up on my schedule and was not on the website when I checked it. They
fired me for this and said I needed to read the screens that nobody showed me despite being back from a sick leave of absence. I asked about it not showing up on my schedule on the company website and they said it takes about 24 hours to show up on there. It had not shown up even 24 hours after the fact. Is there
anything that I can do?
Asked on December 20, 2018 under Employment Labor Law, California
Answers:
M.D., Member, California and New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 5 years ago | Contributor
As unfair as your situation appears, it is legal. The fact is that an employer can set the conditions of the workplace much as it sees fit (absent some form of legally actionable discrimination). Accordingly, unless there exits a union agreement or employment contract to the contrary, you could have been terminated for the reason that you state or for any reason or for no reason at all, with or without notice. This is called "at will" employment.
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