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  1. #1
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    Default Filed for Unemployment and Now My Boss is Trying to Fire Me

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

    I feel like my boss is trying to fire me. Ever since i filed for unemployment she hates me. When she received the letter in the mail saying i had filed, she called me all mad saying that it wasnt right that i applied for that and that i was taking everyones unemployment tax money (shes crazy!! )and yea she said that she wanted me to write a letter saying i declined hours and all his non sense. I told her i wasnt going to write her anything because it was not true.

    She told me she wanted to talk to me. So i went into her office and she kept telling me all kinds of things. And she said that now there is no trust between us so she will need me to sign and write everything we talk about. I mean come on!!
    And she has stressed me out because i never meant for my job to be at risk. I was just looking out for myself because i couldnt afford my bills.

    Anyway so she then says something like ..."or you can get laid off, but you probably wouldnt like that" i talked back to her saying that it would come out of her money so she wouldnt like that. I made it clear to her that i knew she had to pay a portion of the unemployment and i knew that is why she was being so rude to me about things.

    Since then she has been calling me like crazy. She called me today to ask if i was with my client (i drive special needs clients around) She even called the clients house to see if she was there. She then asked me what time i pick her up. And that i better make sure to tell her if i am ever late or if i ever change my schedule because when she does check up on employees she needs to know. She has NEVER done this to me since the 9 months i have been here. And she hasn't done it to any other employees. Also, she is trying to talk to other people including my client behind my back to see if i am doing anything wrong.

    I feel that she obviously doesn't trust me and is now trying to find a way to fire me. What should i do??Should i let the EDD know? she is really causing me a lot of stress. I hate that things have to be this way. Iv been searching for jobs in the meantime. But no luck yet.

    My point being...she is making me feel like crap. She is threating(sp?) to give me another client so i will have more hours. And more hours is fine, but she wants to give me the worst clients with behavior problems which i was never trained for.

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    Default Re: Filed for Unemployment and Now My Boss is Trying to Fire Me

    Nothing she is doing is illegal.

    She doesn't have to be nice to you, she doesn't have to keep your hours the same, and she doesn't have to keep your job duties the same.

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    Default Re: Filed for Unemployment and Now My Boss is Trying to Fire Me

    Actually, no your employer may not retaliate against you for filing for unemployment. Contact the DLSE if you believe you have been retaliated against because of your unemployment application. http://www.dir.ca.gov/dlse/DistrictOffices.htm

    Do not believe the recycled speech that "you have no rights, your employer may do whatever they like" and other similar garbage that is all too prevalent on these websites.

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    Default Re: Filed for Unemployment and Now My Boss is Trying to Fire Me

    I don't know for sure what is ok or not ok legally, but I know there are laws against retaliation against employees for doing things they were legally allowed to do. There should be a huge laminated set of laws somewhere in your place of employment that will have more info on this. If not I would try to contact EDD (which can be very difficult) or keep looking on the internet. If you filed for unemployment because she cut your hours to less than full-time than you should be in the right as far as I know.

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    Default Re: Filed for Unemployment and Now My Boss is Trying to Fire Me

    I don't understand - you have a job and for some reason you filed for UI even though you're working and now you're afraid your boss will fire you for this...don't you realize that your chances of actually getting UI benefits hinge mainly on you not having a job?

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