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    Default Singled Out and Fired for Violation of Company Policy

    My question involves labor and employment law for the state of: Michigan

    Hello I was terminated on April 4th of 2012 from Rite Aid. I was terminated for unintentionally violating company policy by receiving discounts off of products in the store. Before participating in the actions to receive the discount for my personal purchases I wanted to make sure what I was doing was ok because it is a common practice throughout the 5 different stores I worked for in the company. Based on it being a common practice I was under the impression that It was ok and I did not recall the company policy so I proceeded to ask my superior if it is ok to do what I was doing and she stated YES. The situation was explained clearly to my superior and they gave me information that resulted in me being terminated.

    I was terminated for violation of this company policy why are there no further actions being taken place to terminate the other individuals that are participating in the same actions as I did.

    I was terminated for violating company policy and others (6 others at the time where I was stationed) were not. In conclusion this was a common practice with impunity.

    Could this be discrimination in anyway? Do I have a case?

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    Default Re: Wrongful Termination

    Not in the slightest.

    They don't have to treat every employee the same way, and unless you can prove that your termination was SOLELY because of a protected class, it was perfectly legal.

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    Default Re: Wrongful Termination

    There could be 100 reasons why you were fired and others who committed the same offense were retained, and probably at least 85 of those hundred reasons, if not more, would be legal.

    If you had to guess, why do you believe that you were fired when they were not?

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    Default Re: Wrongful Termination

    Based on the outcome and me being terminated this would lead me to believe that the policy was not applied equally to all employees but for some reason just me.
    I somehow believe I was singled out, by the way there is 2 caucasions (including me) that violated this policy and 4 African Americans that also violated it. I feel singled out for some reason.

    Thanks

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    I suppose it could be in some way because there was another caucasion and 4 african american individuals that did the same as me.

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    Default Re: Wrongful Termination

    Again, they don't have to treat you all the same way.

    The fact that there was ANOTHER person of the same race as you who was NOT terminated simply supports the idea that you were not wrongfully terminated.

    I'm sorry - file for UI and move on. You may not get UI based on the circumstances, but you won't know unless you try and it costs nothing to file.

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    Default Re: Wrongful Termination

    I wish Doggie hadn't given you that clue - I would have liked to have heard what you'd have said without it.

    Nonetheless, the fact that another Caucasion was retained means that you'd have a very hard time showing that but for your race, you would not have been fired. Which is what you'd have to show to make any kind of valid wrongful term claim.

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    Oh...snap. Sorry

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    Default Re: Wrongful Termination

    I was already approved for Unemployment after a re-determination based on the circumstances. It was not considered "Misconduct" under the UIA's Defintion because It was not done intentionally based on my actions with the superior.

    I just wish I would be able to go further by going after the employer.

    Thanks

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    Default Re: Wrongful Termination

    That's fine, but there is no correllation between being approved for unemployment and whether a termination is wrongful (illegal). The vast majority of people collecting unemployment were legally termed. Prevailing in an unemployment claim does NOT mean that your termination was illegal or even that your employer was "wrong" to terminate you.

    You have posted nothing to suggest that any laws were broken, any rights violated, or that any kind of legal claim could be substantiated.

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    Default Re: Wrongful Termination

    Oh no I didn't mean it like that I was just referring to your earlier post, I didn't mean to relate that to the wrongful termination thought that I have.

    That's why I said I wish there is something else that can be done, I just had the thought that I may have something against the employer but I guess not.

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