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I have been an employee of a restaurant for 3 years. it is a franchised company and the specific store I was working for was taken back from the franchisee by head office last July 2014. On paper to this date, I have been an employee with this new management for a year now. The whole time I have been an employee there, I have been a bartender but within the last 3 months was given a promotion to floor supervisor as well as being a bartender. On Wednesday June 24, 2015, I contacted one of my managers that I was feeling sick and called in sick for my evening bar shift. She helped me cover it and everything was fine. She contacted the restaurant to tell the day time girl who's shift I was taking over for the night to stay a little longer before the other employee could come in and a person she didn't know answered. My manager explained to this person she was the manager of the store and she was helping me get my shift covered for the evening because I was sick. The person proceeded to tell her that that was fine and that it was weird that she had to take care of this on her day off...but my manager said it was fine and that's what they did. My next scheduled shift was the following day, Thursday June 25th 2015, I showed up on time and was pulled into the office by a manager I had never seen before. She proceeded to tell me that all management has been dismissed because the general manager no longer works at that location. I told her I did not agree that they were demoting me with no reason from my supervising position, while she proceeded to tell me that the head office manager wants me to speak to him to see if he wants to keep me there as a bartender because it's a "grey area". My shift was covered that night and I was completely removed off the schedule. I have no ideas what is going on and this lady could not give me much more information. I have no shifts scheduled and have lost my only source of income, for NO reason. This was not handled in a professional manner whatsoever and I was not given any information as to why they even felt this would be okay to fire with no grounds. I have been at the location for 3 years and have regular customers who come in to see me. They all know about my promotion and it is humilliating and embarassing that I have to tell them if I were to go back into the establishment that I have lost my position for no reason and I am completely unaware of what is going on. They have created a hostile work enviornment and I am afraid to even approach the head office managers to have to try and "beg for my job back" for no reason. I have a perfect job record with them which I can prove and no actual reason of being dismissed other than by "association" with the general manager of the store. Because I had called in sick the Wednesday that these people had "taken over" they had assumed I quit and took me off the schedule and didn't even bother to contact me. I took every proper step into getting my shift covered and can get a doctor's note that I was sick also. If any more information is needed for you to try and help me in the right direction, please ask, I am in a state of panic, I have a home, car, insurance to pay for and I have been left with nothing and I am completely frantic.
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Lior Samfiru
Lior Samfiru