Retaliatory Termination
Hi y’all,
I was terminated from my job on Thursday for “leaving job site before shift complete, policy/procedure violation, and no call/no show.” Those were the three main reasons for termination according to my previous employer. However, a week ago I reported my clinical director for ethical violations to the state I’m in, and she was made aware of it. This termination happened one week after the report was made.
For full transparency, I was given a written warning in March for “disrupting the milieu” after talking to coworkers about how unethical the practice seemed to me. That’s most likely what the policy/procedure violation was regarding because I did continue to voice my frustrations.
I believe I was wrongfully terminated due to the report I made. I have asked the HR department for the formal documentation regarding these reports, and I was told that HR would be out of office until May 18th so she would not be able to give me that documentation until then.
I am unsure of what to do at this point. Any advice is welcomed, and I’m more than happy to answer any clarifying questions that y’all may have. Thank you guys.
EDIT:
Since I’ve had a few people ask, I have never no call/no showed from this job. I have called out sick before but I always let my clinical director know. The times where I’ve left work early have been to go to therapy every two weeks, which she was aware of before I started.