What to do if I was non-renewed at my job because I pointed out that a union employee was not doing their job and refused to do so?
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What to do if I was non-renewed at my job because I pointed out that a union employee was not doing their job and refused to do so?
I was their supervisor and asked for a meeting with the labor attorney and a union rep to address this and was ignored 3 times. I asked for the employee to be removed from the campus and with in an hour I was removed instead. Before that I was involuntarily transferred to a school that was 15 miles farther from my house than the school I had run for ten years the reason I was given for the transfer was the other school needed someone with my talents to help them out. With in a week the principal of the new school told me that my style was not appreciated there and I was to change it to fit her style.
Asked on August 19, 2013 under Employment Labor Law, Florida
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SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 10 years ago | Contributor
As a general matter, except specifically as provided otherwise by a contract, employment is employment at will, and employees may be fired, disciplined, transfered, etc. at any time for any reason. An employer may, for example, choose to fire a superviser for complaining about an employee.
If you had a contract--which includes a union agreement or contract which covered you--you could only be fired in accordance with that contract; that is, you may only be fired (or discplined, for that matter) in a way that does not violate the contract and complies with its rules. Therefore, if you had a contract, including a union agreement, you need to review the specific terms of that agreement to see if what was done complied with it; if not, you may have grounds for a lawsuit for breach of contract.
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