Does you have any rights if you have to leave work due to a family emergency?
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Does you have any rights if you have to leave work due to a family emergency?
I called my niece’s workplace and her supervisor answered. I explained that my sister had just been in an accident and was heading to emergency surgery and that I needed to tell my niece to get to the hospital. When my niece was on the phone I told her but I could hear
her supervisor saying in a nasty tone to
Asked on January 6, 2018 under Employment Labor Law, Kansas
Answers:
M.D., Member, California and New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 6 years ago | Contributor
Unless your neice had vacation/sick time or PTO to cover her absence, then her employer had every right to terminate her employment. As cold and uncaring as that may have been, legally it was perfectly permissable. The fact is that absent some form of legally actionable discrimination, a company can set the conditions of employment much as it sees fit. This includes when and why to fire a worker. In fact, in an "at will" employment relationship, a company can terminate a worker for any reason or no reason at all, with or without notice.
M.D., Member, California and New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 6 years ago | Contributor
Unless your neice had vacation/sick time or PTO to cover her absence, then her employer had every right to terminate her employment. As cold and uncaring as that may have been, legally it was perfectly permissable. The fact is that absent some form of legally actionable discrimination, a company can set the conditions of employment much as it sees fit. This includes when and why to fire a worker. In fact, in an "at will" employment relationship, a company can terminate a worker for any reason or no reason at all, with or without notice.
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