Possible Hire Discrimination

[2006vette]

I reside in the state of Florida and I have applied for an Administrative Assistant position (just to give a little background). I have been doing this type of employment for at least 38 years of my life and feel that I am qualified for the position that is available. At this company, I was employed to do training for a call center that they have, but unfortunately, I could not retain what they requested. I worked for a total of 2.5 days and because of this previous employment with them, I was informed by one of the HR people, that I may not be able to be hired for an Administrative Assistant as they have a policy that they cannot rehire anyone. Unfortunately, I did not record this conversation, so it is their word against mine. I feel that this is dicriminitating against me for a position that I can do vs. one I could not. Not everyone is capable of doing every job. Please assist me to get an answer to my dilemna.

Thank you.

 

[cbg]

What do you mean, you could not retain what they requested? Please clarify.

FYI, discrimination based on previous employment is legal.

 

[2006vette]

cbg,

There was a script that was to be used to business owners to utilize their program to save them money. I got nervous with the trainer and could not retain what the instructor wanted me to. Does this answer your question?

 

[cbg]

Yes, it does, thank you.

That is a perfectly legal and valid reason to fire you.

 

[Betty3]

Agree, in at-will employment you can be terminated at any time for any reason except a reason prohibited by law (examples - religion, gender, race....) or unless you have a binding employment contract to the contrary.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/At-will

 

[Elle]

It is also legal not to hire you back in a different role. It is also not an uncommon policy, especially when the reason for ending the previous employment was for cause/initiated by the employer.