"It looks like retaliation for whistleblowing."
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Getting fired from your job is never a good feeling, especially in today's job market. You never know when you'll get another position, let alone a stable one where you won't have to worry about your job security. Employee termination should always have reasonable cause, but a lot of companies and corporations wouldn't agree. Even more unfortunately, there are many things in place that protect employers rather than the employee when it comes to termination and deeming whether or not it is wrongful.
The woman in this story is facing termination after reporting unlawful practices that are not in line with facility regulations at her former place of employment, an assisted living facility for the elderly. It is expressed by her husband and her co-workers that she was one of few assistants who genuinely cared for the elderly people living in the home, and is only getting written up for infrequent latenesses because she started whistleblowing about how awful the conditions are at the facility. Her frequent write-ups after the reports led to a very poor performance review that ultimately led to her termination. Her husband is wondering if there are any grounds for a case that will try to say this is wrongful termination. What do you think? Read ahead for the whole story, and additionally, some advice from commenters letting the husband know what his wife should do moving forward.
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