sambam0531
New Member
- Jurisdiction
- Florida
On the afternoon of May 20th I requested an ADA accommodation for continuous leave effective 05/16-05/31 as well as STD benefits.For the record that claim is still pending. I recieved a call the same day from my supervisor advising that she had recieved my request and to call me back when I was able. Being ill, I was not able to call her back right away. At around 10am on May the 23rd I recieved a letter via FedEx indicating that I had been terminated the previous day for no call/no-show. The first issue I have is that I feel this is incorrect--my supervisor left the voicemail advising that she had recieved my request for continuous leave. I hadn't even received the paperwork I had been advised to fill out when I was terminated/the letter was printed.
On May 23rd I initially called my supervisor and left a voicemail requesting a callback. I also reached out to the HR rep on the letter and left a voicemail with her. To date, ALL attempts to reach my former supervisor have gone unresponded to. I did manage to reach the HR rep the following day after leaving 2 voicemails (I called her again) and was told to contact my supervisor. She did make it very plain that I was seemingly to blame for this termination--she asked me where I had gotten my information regarding the STD/ADA/FMLA benefit manager from, why I hadn't reached out to my supervisor to get permission and coordinate, who had I spoken to file the claim, etc. I advised I followed the procedure listed on our ADP website, which I do have a screenshot of--it advised me to contact the benefits manager and no one else. I also advised that I still had the voicemail where my supervisor acknowledged the leave request and she basically said "well I just do what I'm told".
Now there is also the issue of my personal belongings: I have not recieved any notification that a box was shipped, that they are being held, that they were thrown out with the trash....I'm pretty much being ignored. Because I have this chronic illness I really don't have the energy to drive an hour to this workplace to pick up stuff, I need to find someone who is able to drive me.
My ultimate question is would this be considered wrongful termination, or should I even bother contacting a local attorney.
On May 23rd I initially called my supervisor and left a voicemail requesting a callback. I also reached out to the HR rep on the letter and left a voicemail with her. To date, ALL attempts to reach my former supervisor have gone unresponded to. I did manage to reach the HR rep the following day after leaving 2 voicemails (I called her again) and was told to contact my supervisor. She did make it very plain that I was seemingly to blame for this termination--she asked me where I had gotten my information regarding the STD/ADA/FMLA benefit manager from, why I hadn't reached out to my supervisor to get permission and coordinate, who had I spoken to file the claim, etc. I advised I followed the procedure listed on our ADP website, which I do have a screenshot of--it advised me to contact the benefits manager and no one else. I also advised that I still had the voicemail where my supervisor acknowledged the leave request and she basically said "well I just do what I'm told".
Now there is also the issue of my personal belongings: I have not recieved any notification that a box was shipped, that they are being held, that they were thrown out with the trash....I'm pretty much being ignored. Because I have this chronic illness I really don't have the energy to drive an hour to this workplace to pick up stuff, I need to find someone who is able to drive me.
My ultimate question is would this be considered wrongful termination, or should I even bother contacting a local attorney.