Hello, I want to thank you for reading this and I will keep this brief and to the point as point. This incident took place in Nashville, TN.
I recently resigned from my job on November 12, 2009. The reason for this resignation was in response the company's checks bouncing and a complaint made about me that was fabricated by my employer.
On October 29th, 2009 I received my check and on October 30th, 2009 I deposited my check into my bank. On November 5, 2009 the check bounced and was deducted from my bank account which had caused me to have a negative balance. I received a letter from my bank on November 9th, 2009 informing me that the paycheck that I deposited had bounced "due to insufficient funds" and there are overdraft fees. I immediately called my employer where I had to leave a message for he did not answer. Then I called 2 of my coworkers to find out if their checks had bounced, I was informed that according to their knowledged it had not bounced, but only to be informed that other employees in the past had bounced checks.
My boss called me back and I explained to him the situation. He immediately said that he was not responsible for what had transpired and explained that the "bank teller, did not understand that when he deposit the money it must immediately clear, and that the bank teller must have make a mistake". He want on to explain that he was only responsible for the check that did not clear and the charge back fee. I explained to him that there are other fees and he was relunctant to compensate. So a meeting was set up for the next day on November 10th, 2009 at his office.
On November 10th, 2009 I presented my case and documentation demonstrating the difficult position that I was placed. He made a new payroll check covering the expenses explained that I could take the copy of the check that bounced to the bank and cash it. During this meeting though he did not seem to be that concerned in regards to my check bouncing and why the error occurred and brought up an issue regarding a complaint about me. I asked what the complaint was about and he explained that a client that we were providing security for felt "unsafe" as I was "talking on my cell phone too much" and "not paying attention to their staff".
I was dumbfounded and later that day as I went to work at that specific location where the complaint came from asked if there were any concerns that need to be brought to my attention and they inqueried why I was asking and I explained to them that there was a complaint from them. They expressed to me that there was no complaint about me and that they would call if needed to straighten this out as there appears to be a mistake. Instead of that I asked them if they would sign a document expressing that there is a mistake and that no complaint existed. The management staff complied and all signed.
On November 12th, 2009 I presented this document exonerating me along with my resignation letter and the equipment and uniforms issued to me. He did not appreciate that I was insinuating that he was a liar and got upset started to cuss me out. I also did not receive my paycheck as that day was another payday and he also refused to give me my money that was being deducted from each paycheck that I received during my time with the company in the amount of 25 dollars. The full amount has accumulated to the total of 150 dollars. In regards to uniform fees and it was in congruence that once the companies uniforms and equipment was returned I would be repaid that money. He claims that I signed a contract specifiying that I forfeit that money if I should happen to leave the company prior to my 'probationary' period ending. I do not recall signing anything to that effect and asked him to present that document to me and he refused. He also refused to give me my bank account information that he has because he needed it to implement direct deposit and to this day I am not sure if it's implemented yet.
Both instances that took place on November 10th and November 12th were recorded by me. November 12th was important as he cussed me out and called me very vulgar names, and was adversarial about the whole matter.
I need advice on what to do now. I thank you for your patience and sorry that this was longer than expected.
I recently resigned from my job on November 12, 2009. The reason for this resignation was in response the company's checks bouncing and a complaint made about me that was fabricated by my employer.
On October 29th, 2009 I received my check and on October 30th, 2009 I deposited my check into my bank. On November 5, 2009 the check bounced and was deducted from my bank account which had caused me to have a negative balance. I received a letter from my bank on November 9th, 2009 informing me that the paycheck that I deposited had bounced "due to insufficient funds" and there are overdraft fees. I immediately called my employer where I had to leave a message for he did not answer. Then I called 2 of my coworkers to find out if their checks had bounced, I was informed that according to their knowledged it had not bounced, but only to be informed that other employees in the past had bounced checks.
My boss called me back and I explained to him the situation. He immediately said that he was not responsible for what had transpired and explained that the "bank teller, did not understand that when he deposit the money it must immediately clear, and that the bank teller must have make a mistake". He want on to explain that he was only responsible for the check that did not clear and the charge back fee. I explained to him that there are other fees and he was relunctant to compensate. So a meeting was set up for the next day on November 10th, 2009 at his office.
On November 10th, 2009 I presented my case and documentation demonstrating the difficult position that I was placed. He made a new payroll check covering the expenses explained that I could take the copy of the check that bounced to the bank and cash it. During this meeting though he did not seem to be that concerned in regards to my check bouncing and why the error occurred and brought up an issue regarding a complaint about me. I asked what the complaint was about and he explained that a client that we were providing security for felt "unsafe" as I was "talking on my cell phone too much" and "not paying attention to their staff".
I was dumbfounded and later that day as I went to work at that specific location where the complaint came from asked if there were any concerns that need to be brought to my attention and they inqueried why I was asking and I explained to them that there was a complaint from them. They expressed to me that there was no complaint about me and that they would call if needed to straighten this out as there appears to be a mistake. Instead of that I asked them if they would sign a document expressing that there is a mistake and that no complaint existed. The management staff complied and all signed.
On November 12th, 2009 I presented this document exonerating me along with my resignation letter and the equipment and uniforms issued to me. He did not appreciate that I was insinuating that he was a liar and got upset started to cuss me out. I also did not receive my paycheck as that day was another payday and he also refused to give me my money that was being deducted from each paycheck that I received during my time with the company in the amount of 25 dollars. The full amount has accumulated to the total of 150 dollars. In regards to uniform fees and it was in congruence that once the companies uniforms and equipment was returned I would be repaid that money. He claims that I signed a contract specifiying that I forfeit that money if I should happen to leave the company prior to my 'probationary' period ending. I do not recall signing anything to that effect and asked him to present that document to me and he refused. He also refused to give me my bank account information that he has because he needed it to implement direct deposit and to this day I am not sure if it's implemented yet.
Both instances that took place on November 10th and November 12th were recorded by me. November 12th was important as he cussed me out and called me very vulgar names, and was adversarial about the whole matter.
I need advice on what to do now. I thank you for your patience and sorry that this was longer than expected.
