Can I be terminated for not hitting standard when no standard was defined?
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Can I be terminated for not hitting standard when no standard was defined?
The new CEO had a problem with my salary because he made a comment about it. Shortly there after he hired a new Plant Manager and a North America Director; all 3 worked together from a prior company. Then, 2 weeks ago I was written up for issues that didn’t make any sense. I immediately responded back to all bullets asking for standards and explanations. I responded to each allegation asking for further clarification in addition to asking for standards. I also requested a meeting to speak about the issues but was never granted. New Link Destination
day I was terminated for not meeting production standards when no standards were provided.
Asked on January 26, 2018 under Employment Labor Law, Illinois
Answers:
M.D., Member, California and New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 6 years ago | Contributor
Actually, you could have been fired for this or any other reason, or even for no reason at all. That is unless your termination in some way violated a provision of any applicable employment contract or union agreement that you may have had. The fact is that most employment is "at will" which means that your company could have set the conditions of your employment much as it saw fit (absent some form of legally actionable discrimination which you did not indicate to be the case).
M.D., Member, California and New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 6 years ago | Contributor
Actually, you could have been fired for this or any other reason, or even for no reason at all. That is unless your termination in some way violated a provision of any applicable employment contract or union agreement that you may have had. The fact is that most employment is "at will" which means that your company could have set the conditions of your employment much as it saw fit (absent some form of legally actionable discrimination which you did not indicate to be the case).
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