What can they do to me if a switched around my job duties without permission?

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What can they do to me if a switched around my job duties without permission?

I work as a customer assistant. Recently I have had bad anxiety issues that got so bad that I couldn’t talk to customers, instead of telling anyone fearing that I would be judged, I resulted to switching off the tills so the site would close and there would be no customers. I could still do my job, stack shelves and other things. They caught me doing this and I have been suspended following a disciplinary. I wanted to know what they could do?

Asked on February 18, 2016 under Employment Labor Law, Alaska

Answers:

M.D., Member, California and New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney

Answered 8 years ago | Contributor

You can be terminated for this (in fact you can be fired for any reason or no reason at all). And since it would be for "cause", you would be ineligible for unemployment benefits. The fact is that it is the employer who sets the terms and conditions of the workplace, not the employee. So unless you are afforded some type of protection under the terms of an employment contract, union agreement or even company policy, your employer can terminate you for your behavior, no matter the reason why you did what you did. Also, your treatment must not constitute some form of actionable discrimination (which it does not appear to).


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