If I was fired due to patient accusation but the complaint was annonoymous, could this affect unemployment benefits or future employment?
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If I was fired due to patient accusation but the complaint was annonoymous, could this affect unemployment benefits or future employment?
I couldn’t defend myself because I don’t know who it involved. I was accused of working to fast and speaking to rough. They listened to “my side”. But they had made up their minds. On a 3 day so called investigation no one contacted me work. Nor the state.
Asked on June 18, 2012 under Employment Labor Law, California
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 11 years ago | Contributor
If the employer deems that you violated employer policy, committed a tortious or criminal act at work, were absent from your duty station without permission, or otherwise committed an act which would constitute grounds for "termination for cause," they can try to deny you unemployment benefits. If they do, you would have the right to appeal that determination and present your own evidence and testimony that you did nothing which would constitute grounds for termination for cause.
As to future employment: if a prospective employer contacts them for a reference, they may truthfully say how your employment ended. If you find out that they said something which you consider to be factual mistatement or lie, you may be able to sue them for defamation--either for monetary compensation and/or for a court order to not do that again.
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