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There are some details you left out that could be significant here. Is the employer a government agency? Are you a member of a union that has a collective bargaining agreement with your employer? Are you an exempt employee? For the purposes of my answers below, I’ll assume the answer to all three of of those is no. If that’s not correct that could change things.
No, they're a private business although they do have government contracts. I've heard they've threatened to fire employees over talking about joining a union before but I have my doubts about that. I am a non-exempt employee, whatever that means.

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You have not said what the exact conversation was and with whom you had it. But almost certainly the answer will be no. Very likely not all the elements of a valid contract were met. Even if they were, it doesn’t help you much because the employer can change its mind again and fire you in an instant unless you have an employment agreement that guarantees employment for some set period of time (e.g. one year, 5 years, etc).
The conversation was with the facility's HR manager. She said they wanted me to be evaluated by a psychologist, and that they'll find one despite me having a psychiatrist of my own. She also said that once I'm cleared through the psychologist and EAP I'll be allowed to return to work. She used the phrase "return to work". This is part of why I record my calls, largely for my own reference. It's actually an app on my phone. It automatically records them all.

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You may sue the accuser for slander if you wish. The question is whether you could win, and we don’t have the facts to make any good guess on that. A lot depends on exactly what she told the employer. And, of course, if what she said was true it would not be slander.
Since they wont tell me what she said I don't know for certain but my friends who still work there tell me she said I claimed something, and it's a bit grotesque and offensive so be warned, "smelled like a freshly ****ed five year old". The time she claims I said that was almost a full 24 hour before she reported her claim. It was near some incredibally loud machinery which obstructs anyone hearing anything that isn't yelled at them from more than 10 feet away. We're also required to wear ear plugs while on the floor. No one was around when her claim would have occurred either. It's her word against mine. As I stated earlier, she had also been a temp for all of three days at that point.

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Michigan’s law on recording conversations is such that the details of the recording matter a lot. The statute with respect to in-person conversations has been interpreted by an appeals court in that state to allow recording without the consent of the other parties so long as the person recording is one of the parties to the conversation. But another statute makes it illegal to hook up a recording device to a telephone system without the consent of all the parties to the conversation, so it would appear that for a phone conversation you may indeed need the consent of the other people on the call. If so, you commit a crime in recording a phone call without getting that consent. Here, I would advise you to get advice from a Michigan attorney before recording any further telephone calls without first getting consent from the other person(s) on the call.
I use an app on my phone that automatically records all of my calls. No external devices are being connected. I'm not sure if that helps or not.