smb_1227
01-08-2006, 07:19 PM
My daughter just recently turned 17 and has been working at a Nursing Home part-time as a dietary aide in the kitchen in Warren, RI since January or February of 2005. Today, her job was terminated.
Upon walking into the establishment because she was supposed to work today, the dietary supervisor pulled my daughter aside and informed her that she had a written warning for my daughter to sign due to a complaint about her being rude towards her co-workers. My daughter nodded and prepared for whatever document she would be given to sign when this woman informed her that, instead, she had talked to the administrator and he told her to terminate my daughter's job immediately.
I called this woman to find out exactly what was going on, and she informed me that there had been 'hundreds' of complaints that my daughter was rude and that 'no one' wanted to work with her. Now, I'm not being just another mother hen trying to fight for my daughter. What I'm wondering is, if so many complaints were issued, why was there no written warning given to my daughter prior to the termination of her job?
And is it or is it not required by some law or policy, that under the circumstances (meaning her age, her employment, etc), for her to recieve some kind of warning first prior to being terminated for the alleged incident(s)?
I'd really like to know because I don't want this to get in the way of her getting another job. While I understand that if my daughter was being rude towards a co-worker, she had no right to do so, I do believe that this has been doctored in some way and it isn't adding up completely, so I'd like to know ASAP if this is wrongful or not so she can get the termination erased from her record.
Upon walking into the establishment because she was supposed to work today, the dietary supervisor pulled my daughter aside and informed her that she had a written warning for my daughter to sign due to a complaint about her being rude towards her co-workers. My daughter nodded and prepared for whatever document she would be given to sign when this woman informed her that, instead, she had talked to the administrator and he told her to terminate my daughter's job immediately.
I called this woman to find out exactly what was going on, and she informed me that there had been 'hundreds' of complaints that my daughter was rude and that 'no one' wanted to work with her. Now, I'm not being just another mother hen trying to fight for my daughter. What I'm wondering is, if so many complaints were issued, why was there no written warning given to my daughter prior to the termination of her job?
And is it or is it not required by some law or policy, that under the circumstances (meaning her age, her employment, etc), for her to recieve some kind of warning first prior to being terminated for the alleged incident(s)?
I'd really like to know because I don't want this to get in the way of her getting another job. While I understand that if my daughter was being rude towards a co-worker, she had no right to do so, I do believe that this has been doctored in some way and it isn't adding up completely, so I'd like to know ASAP if this is wrongful or not so she can get the termination erased from her record.
