Elissa this is tough i looked more into it from our policies and sleeping on the job is a termable offense. It is like gross negligence especially in our patient care environment.
I am not saying you did i believe you when you say you were not..
I was just quoting our policy on sleeping on the job..
The worse thing is what more is in your policies, ours is a new employee is on a 6 mos probation period and we do not need first offenses in reality to terminate, secondly Pa is a writ to will state meaning jobs are not a part of your right, they are something you apply for and do at will, you have no "right to a work job" in Pa...
Pa doesn;t make people work or provide jobs as a right.. Sort of a dumb thing, to me a legal loophole for employers more so than protection for employees....
As a rule we will write up an offense if oyu are on probation for the first piece of documentation, then advise that you can be fired for any other policy breech.... even punching in late then? HR dept of course has to review and approve and your Vice President has to approve as well.
A disciplinary at our place takes a week or longer to get done you do not just violate a policy on Monday and then get disciplined on tuesday they are much more critical of us crossing our t's and dotting our i's.....
shame second ady there.. do not know what to think did they have it in for you? What state or country is this? was your legal help free?
Good luck
Ricki
