reason for termination changing

[cherylgodspearl]

I live in Maryland. I was recently terminated first for job abandoment. Once I e-mailed the medical director explaining my reason for missing one day of work without calling in (4/7) the reason was changed to poor performance. My recent evaluation given in Febuary will not support this claim.

My other distrubing concerns are others knew and told me I was being fired before I knew I was and that it came from another manager. Then finally, I received a letter stating my termination was to be on the 8 of April, but I was allowed to work the full day on the 9th. Do I have a claim?

Thanks for your time

 

[cbg]

No. Maryland is an at-will state; you can be fired for any reason not specifically prohibited by law. Poor performance can mean not showing up when you were expected to, regardless of whether you have a medical reason for it or not. Personally, I'd rather have a poor performance than a job abandonment; it could make the difference between getting unemployment and not getting it.

It is impossible to fire someone without other people being aware of it first. HR and Payroll have to know, as in some cases do IT and/or security. There is no law limiting who can be told about your termination before you are told yourself.