Add Comment Question: I was pulled into my hr managers office today regarding and verbal altercation. In which a day later id text the individual regarding the situation. With the text as follows "Listen i know you check to see if the mill actually went down and now youll realize the grenade of a shit storm you left me with. Ive been on this job lomg enough you can try and bullshit people amd say you didn't do this or didnt do that. But simply do the math if you only walked away 30 seconds before 11 howd that mill shut down unless everything was backed up roght to the bundler? Yes seeing you leave a lift you simply could have put away and made room on the table was a piss off and wrong. I will not clean your mess we had three cranes going one in each warehouse to make room for hadeer to be able to put shit so we could run. Does that even remotely sound like you only left with 30 second or left with me being avke to work properly ? Ask that before you try and play innocent any one thats been on this job long enough will see that math and its results. Please feel free to play innocent again please feel free to bitch to others about me. Man uo and say to me if you think im full of shit consodering last night i got there the same time i always do check the computer and did nothing different. So please tell what time that was ? Was it right at 11 as you claim or was the couple minutes to as you stated to me the other night ? I doubt youll man up to the truth " Now i received no response telling me not yo text him or telling me to stop at all. This is a person who weve text previously regarding work all be it usually on a happier note. Now this person is claiming harrassment and mau get fired. Is this harrassment and do they have grounds for termination Answer: Thank you for reaching out to our firm. Broadly speaking, in a non-unionized setting, an employer can terminate anyone at anytime and for any reason. The question that we need to answer is whether or not they had just cause. If they had just cause, then the terminated employee is not entitled to any severance. If they did not have just cause, then the terminated employee will be entitled to either working notice, severance, or both depending on the situation. How much notice or severance has to be calculated on a case-by-case basis and we would require more information in that regard. If you are unionized, then anything that has to do with termination and any recourse that you may have will typically be governed by your collective bargaining agreement and your union will have to be the one to help you. It is unlikely that one instance, such as that text message, will amount to just cause on its own in a non-unionized setting; however, it does not help at all. To make a formal determination, we would require considerably more information about this incident and and your work history. If you would like to discuss this matter with an employment lawyer, please contact the number below to set-up a consultation with one of our lawyers. Your Comment * Your Email * Your Name * Your City Note, your name, city and email is not displayed on the website. It is used to notify you that we have approved your comment.