If I did not make it to work due to my car being stolen, is there anything that I can do?
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If I did not make it to work due to my car being stolen, is there anything that I can do?
I just started my job 01/23 and I was fired 01/24 because I couldn’t make it due to my car being stolen. My employer then told me if her car was stolen she would’ve found a different way to work. I had to file a police report and my employer also knows that I moved from another state and I have no family out here to count on and she knew I needed the money that’s why I got the job so uber and lyft was definitely out of the question. I just think that me being fired because of my car being stolen and having no way to work after contacting them to let them know is ridiculous.
Asked on January 24, 2017 under Employment Labor Law, Texas
Answers:
M.D., Member, California and New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 7 years ago | Contributor
There's proably nothing that you can do. That is unless your treatment consituted some form of legally actionable discrimination (which you did not indicate) or it violated the terms of an employment contract/union agreement (and this was not indicated). Actually, most employment relationships are "at will" so a company can set the conditions of the workplace much as it sees fit. This inlcudes who and when to fire an employee. In fact, a worker can be discharged for any reason or no reason at all, with or without notice.
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