I was recently terminated from a specialty store due to a harassment complaint from a female co-worker. According to the store's harassment policy: anything that can be considered harassment and that involves employees, in or out of the store can be grounds for a termination (based on the results of the "investigation").
Now my question is:
When I was terminated, I was told to not discuss this matter with anybody. I assume that both the employee that put the complaint and the entire stores' staff are also not suppose to discuss this matter at all.
So, therefore if I find out or provide proof that this matter has had been mentioned and/or discussed by the employee that placed the complaint, or any member of the staff, Is there anything (legally) I can do, since this agreement is being ignored?
also, prior to placing the complaint against me, this employee, discussed her intentions with non-managerial employees, Is this legally allowed?
one more thing, the company is going to pay me any accumulated vacation time I have, but they are refusing to pay my earned time off hours, can they deny me the payment of this earned time off hours?
Now my question is:
When I was terminated, I was told to not discuss this matter with anybody. I assume that both the employee that put the complaint and the entire stores' staff are also not suppose to discuss this matter at all.
So, therefore if I find out or provide proof that this matter has had been mentioned and/or discussed by the employee that placed the complaint, or any member of the staff, Is there anything (legally) I can do, since this agreement is being ignored?
also, prior to placing the complaint against me, this employee, discussed her intentions with non-managerial employees, Is this legally allowed?
one more thing, the company is going to pay me any accumulated vacation time I have, but they are refusing to pay my earned time off hours, can they deny me the payment of this earned time off hours?