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Thurs 1/31/08 Husband got laid off. His company said "reduction-in-force", they need to downsize so they eliminated his position. It was about 3:30pm, HR lady calls him in the conference room, his supervisor was on speaker & that was when they told him. After that conversation they handed him his last paycheck and other forms, & said he needed to leave "now". It was such a shocker, he came by my cube & said he was getting let go & had to leave immediately. HR lady stood nearby while he gathered his belongings. I left with him as well since we carpool to work together, we may work in the same office but for different employers. To me it felt like he was fired instead of getting laid off because the HR lady followed us down to the garage, so when we left she could grab the key card which gives access to the parking garage. Heartless people, could have given him more notice. I am due in March and his insurance will go through end of Feb. and they only gave him 1 week of severance pay.
My question is:
HR lady said EDD will not deny him. But what if they end up hiring someone to do his job, what can we do? It's something I know I should consult a lawyer with but I just wanted opinions from people here.
Thanks.
While we we getting in the elevator the HR lady said that he was not getting "FIRED", it is a laid off and that he will be eligbile for Unemployment. Even so it's the way they let him go that doesn't sit too well with me. Now everyone in the office is somewhat scared to look me in the eye. I've been laid off before and I was given plenty of notice and was even offered on a voluntary basis. This is an insurance company that handles Workers Comp, I'm in the same field so I know how things should work.
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- wizjpLv 71 decade agoFavorite Answer
Hiring an atty in case he gets replaced is probably throwing bad money after good; if they want to dump him and replace him with someone else, unless your hubby was under contract, they will find something.
I'd move on.
- 1 decade ago
Yeah this was just a dirty way of doing thinks. They called it laying him off so that they wouldnt have to pay his unemployment. but someone told me a couple months ago when I voluntarily left my job, that I was still eligible for unemployment bc I paid into it every week. I dont think you get as much but its something. I would definately look into it, the worst they can do is deny you.
- ziggurat4uLv 51 decade ago
if it's a business decision there's nothing you can do. recommend him start his own business so he can call the shots.
if we was fired there may be more to the story that he hasn't told you.
