Arizona wage laws and slander

[ashleybass]

Hi. I was working at a daycare center and for a week one employee was out and another was on maternity leave. During that time it was just me and one other girl because state law says that there has to be one adult per 5 children i could not take a lunch beacause there were so many children. At the end of the week i picked up my check to find a note on my time sheet stating it was state law for me to take a a lunch. She had changed my time sheet where i had wrote my hours and included lunchs i never took so basically i did not get paid for time i worked. THen because of hostile work condiditons which included when one employee quit her yelling and taking aggressions out on me because i was the only one available I resigned. I wrote a letter of resignation explaing every reason why i was quitting including mistreatment of children and violations of state regulations . I gave her the letter. she mailed me one back saying that beccause of in my letter of resignation i stated problems i had with her busisness it would be best if we had no further contact. I then reported her to a state agency because of numerous violations. lAter i found out that she told employees and parents that she had fired me bcause i was holding a crying baby and i threw it down and said i didn't want to be bothered.I'm not sure of how to proceed next or if there are any labor laws involving slander and her changing my time sheet like she did.

[cbg]

With regards to slander, you would have to show what damages you have suffered because of what she said.

You can file a complaint with the state department of labor regarding the lunch breaks you worked and were not paid for. BTW, she is mistaken about their being a state law that you have to take a lunch, but an employer can require you to take one whether there is a state law or not. If you work through it, you have to be paid for it but it's legal for her to require you to take one.