What are my rights when exposing a supervisor?
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What are my rights when exposing a supervisor?
My supervisor has been seen multiple times buying pills from people in our place of work. He is erratic and is making my job extremely hard because he lies, manipulates, and holds information from higher ups hostage to use as a weapon later. I have a meeting tomorrow with the higher ups and i’m going to lay everything I know on the table, however they are friends with him and its a small company. I fear that I am going to lose my job or be punished for bringing it up, since other people in the company seem to already know that he has a drug problem and has for years. I just need to know what my rights are here.
Asked on May 8, 2019 under Employment Labor Law, Florida
Answers:
M.D., Member, California and New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 4 years ago | Contributor
Unless you have protection under the terms of an employment contract or union agreement, you can face any disciplinary action that your employer deems approperiate. The fact is that most work relationships are "at will" which means that a company cast set the conditions of employment much as it sees fit (absent some form of legally actionable discrimination). In fact, a worker can be terminated for any reason or no reason at all, with or without notice.
M.D., Member, California and New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 4 years ago | Contributor
Unless you have protection under the terms of an employment contract or union agreement, you can face any disciplinary action that your employer deems approperiate. The fact is that most work relationships are "at will" which means that a company cast set the conditions of employment much as it sees fit (absent some form of legally actionable discrimination). In fact, a worker can be terminated for any reason or no reason at all, with or without notice.
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