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Reply to "Lost my Job"

First off, I am so sorry...you have really been dealt a rough hand of cards...and you appear to be a real fighter.

You do not sound like someone who sits back and allows life to happen...more of a take-charge person than a victim...so that may be why this hurts so hard.

I cannot guess what they were thinking and I am not sure of the laws where you live but you might be able to consult, online, a lawyer specialized in this sort of thing. If you decide to do so, make sure that they work on contingency and not up-front retainer. They will tell you if you have a case or not.

You may not wish to do it at all or even for the money but for the recognition that you were a good employee and that they illegally fired you for no good reason.

Back in 2017, after working for the same school/group of schools for years, my studies director refused me access to the toilet! Yup, she informed me that I was forbidden from using the staff washroom because something that I was putting in there was clogging it up weekly...and that I was leaving a bloody mess. (literally).

Except that I was a) long past menopause and b) not likely to be dumping 'stuff' in there. She knew that I had a medical condition (probably thought that I had a bag and was flushing it!) and she blamed me for the school's plumbing problems.

I worked Tues/Thurs at the school, 14hr days. I could not 'hold it'. I had 3hrs public transportation/day. I used the student toilet that didn't have sinks in stalls...a problem for a k poucher.

She was essentially condemning me to quit. I didn't . I fasted instead. I survived to the end of the school year. But the week before the new semester, I wrote a letter to the director asking him if I would be allowed to use the washroom this year. (Yes, very passive-aggressive).

He was shocked. I got 'rehired' and apologized to but was subtly pushed out anyway. The following year I was told that my contract wouldn't be renewed.

I could have sued but I had a better gig lined up...I should have sued but it isn't in my nature...I never win.  I honestly believe that you need to follow your gut and do what feels right..

Good luck no matter what...and do not allow them to destroy you from the inside out...

Sharon

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