My employer did me wrong...?
So I worked for this Chiropractor, as a physical therapist assistant/ chiro asst, when he initially hired me he told me that I would get a raise at my 3 month review, and I never did, no benifits, the receptionist, and the biller are both female and are both pregnant, the biller has been thier over a year and she gets no vacation time, no perks what so ever, the total employees working is 5 including my self, but with all that said he is not a bad person, when it doesn't come to business and I let alot of things slide... Recently I found a new job, but it doesnt start untill the begining of the month, so i put in my two weeks notice, and the next day he calls me and he leaves me a message saying " I no longer need your services, and dont come in on monday", but I still have bills to pay at the end of the month, so what's my move?
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By law, they can terminate you at any time unless you have some legal document to the contrary.
Your move, as stated above, is to talk to your new employer about starting early. Some will let you, some will not.
Keep in mind that you are entitled to be paid for your work to date and nothing more. Depending on your state, they have anywhere from 48 hours until your next pay period to pay you for the work you have already done.
Report your employer for unfair labor practices so that the Department of Labor will do something in your favor.
See if you can't start your new job early. It's common practice for employers to let people go soon after they give notice.
Maybe your employer did not feel you were worthy of a raise and not all employers offer a benefits package.
Your first move is to pray that you don't reside in a "right to work" state. If you do, everything you described your employer doing is perfectly legal - if not ethical.
You really don't have much of a choice, there are a lot of companies that will let you go once you have given notice, the primary reason is so that you don't bad mouth them before you leave. There is nothing illegal about this so going to the labor board will be a waste of your time. There is also nothing illegal about not providing insurance benefits or paid vacations. I personally feel that vacations should be mandatory benefits for anyone with 1 year or more of service to the employer.
You next best move would be to file for unemployment benefits, in California you would be entitled to at least one week of benefits (after the one week waiting period), it is not much but better than nothing.
dear friend from the facts presented by you this appears to be unorganized company where the employer doesn't provide regular pay scale and benefits to its employees).and since the employees are only five and also you mentioned employer is not a bad person.
from above you can approach local labour court where you shall get justice but it shall also take time .
as you mentioned bills to be paid by month end,better advise is to talk to the employer and present your case in cool manner .this shall solve your problem.
also note that you are leaving for a better job elsewhere and this might have hurt your employer also for which by getting angry he must have said to leave in anger. therefore talk to him pleasantly.
and have faith because whatever happens is good work done by God.
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