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I have a plant manager at my shot that has it out personally for me, and I am wondering if I have a leg to stand legally? Have been with the company for 15 years, and it has got worse in the last year. Just had my evaluation meeting and got meets expectation overall but in that meeting I got needs improvement on attitude and was asking my supervisor why and he explained that that I got angry and blew up at him, at this point the plant manager spoke up and said that he refers to that as a Larry whenever someone on the shop floor as a negative reaction, I am Larry by the way. At the end of the meeting I asked about being transferred to one of the other plants to get out from under him and he replied I don't pass MY problems on to other plant managers, again saying my and showing that it is personal. I have a deteriorating disc in my neck and sometimes it limits me in what I can do, a few months back he came at me about it on the shop floor instead of behind closed doors knowing the conversation would get heated, and when I asked why we could not do this in the office he responded why you don't want people to see the way you are. Back in February we had a disagreement over why a type of product we were making was failing, in this heated conversation he took an intimidating step towards me and said I am not scared of you Larry. I believe but do not know that this personal issue with me stems from a disagreement I had with his wife(who worked at the shop at the time) where she swore at me on the shop and had to be reprimanded for her actions.

I was one of the top sales persons at the company, and had been promised a management position for 2015. The day before I got fired I signed a layoff letter (because Dec is off season for them) that stated I was a valuable employee and would be welcomed back on Jan 2015. The "reason" I was fired was because a customer whom I spoke to called back the next day and canceled. My manager let me hear the recording, which was about 2 min long. I said nothing rude nor wrong in the conversation. The customer , as they told me, was upset that I "hung-up" on him. That day I was having problems with my computer and mic, and switched computers twice and used three diff mic, provided by my manager. (I have expressed concern about the lack of quality headsets with my manager before as well. That is basically why they fired me. Now, I have only ever dealt with one manager at the company. The manager told me that the decision came from the "higher ups" and that "his hands are tied". Moreover, I have messages from the same manager who fired me stating that he was going to " fight hard to get me back". He later told one of the employees at the company, who is also my friend that I had brought in, that I would definitely be re-hired in Jan. For me, this shows I was fired for no reason, and I am curious to know if I have a legal case as it really upset me and made me feel humiliated in front of my peers. Thank you.

In regard to a commissioned sales person /employee. Can the commission be reduced upon reasonable notice - say 6 months to 1 year notifying sales person reduction is coming.

I was recently on short term disability for severe depression. Mental and emotional instability. After four months I returned yesterday and was presented with a post I put on Facebook in September. Two months ago. It did bash the company I worked for. I was upset and in a bad place. I have everything legally documented. Is this wrongful dismissal? Isn't this discrimination?