<p>My sister got a job at subway two weeks ago. the manager told her he would pay her 7 dollars an hour. however, my sister got her paycheck and she was only paid at $6.55/hr!! now i can ssee why this could be a punititve measure. since she was in training, she was told that she was not gonna be able to ask for days off. however, this past weekend my grandma got severely sick in mexico and my sister asked permission to miss two days of work, and the employer said it was ok provided that someone fill in for her. so two people agreed and we left to mexico. when we came back, my sister was fired. it turns out that one of the guys that agreed to fill in for her forgot to come in that day and when he was confronted he claimed that my sister never notified him of anything. then another girl who agreed to fill in for her on sunday, came in late. the person who has more power than the manager who hired my sister got ****ed and told the manager to fire my sister. like i said, this whole fiasco is probably what caused my sister to get paid at only $6.55/hr, but it’s also possible the manager messed up or something.</p>
<p>so does my sis have a case??</p>
<p>if you read all this and provide me with a helpful response, thank you!</p>
<p>Personally I don’t think it was fair that she got fired and I think she should take it up with her manager. But I’m not too knowledgable on workplace norms, I just started working very recently and I don’t know what’s considered ok or not as far as things like that go. But if I were her I might mention it, as long as she doesn’t leave things too sore between herself and her manager…future employers and interviewers might call the manager for a reference.</p>
<p>He sounds like a poor manager. He shouldn’t have just taken their word without speaking with your sister first. Of course people are going to cover their own ass. What does he expect? </p>
<p>She should speak with him to clear the air; at this point, she already lost her job and she has nothing to lose.</p>
<p>Your sister has no case. She was an employee at will, which means that she can be fired for any reason or for no reason (as long as that reason is not illegal). She should chalk this one up to experience - she now knows that any one that she asks to fill in for her at any other job must also inform the employer - and move on.</p>
<p>Her firing may not have been fair but it was legal.</p>
<p>As Chedva suggested, firing was probably legal, but I would still talk about her being payed less than she was supposed to (I assume you have evidence such as a contract which shows that she signed up for 7$/h pay, I am not too familiar with this though).</p>
<p>I hope your sister doesn’t feel too bad about this. It isn’t personal, this kind of thing happens all the time with teenagers working at low-wage jobs. Their managers aren’t that great and they are let go over one thing that may have been the result of a misunderstanding. Also a bad manager isn’t going to get any better so she would have always had trouble with him. This is not a fiasco and it isn’t worth thinking about too much. She should just go find another job with hopefully a better manager.</p>
<p>it seems like the manager is a bad person, but the person that fired my sister was someone superior to the actual manager. the manager said she couldn’t do anything about her firing and told my sis that if she needed a reference she could count on the manager. our main concern was the pay issue. they didnt sign any contract becaues she was barely in training. it was pretty much an oral contract!! so i gues she’s screwed?? lol</p>
<p>Well, oral contracts are legal, but it sounds like it will come down to he-said she-said. Unless you have witnesses who heard it (fellow employees perhaps?).</p>
<p>That’s what would have happened at the food places I’ve worked. If you have someone covering your shift and they don’t show up it is just as bad as you no-showing, and if you’re new that means you’re usually not worth dealing with. Since there was a medical emergency the manager could have cared but chose not to, which makes him a little heartless but there is certainly no law against that.</p>
<p>I doubt the .45/hr is really worth fighting over now that she’s not working there anymore.</p>
<p>that’s what i thought chuy, but if you do the math (she worked 59 hours), she would be out almost 30 dollars. and SHE thinks that’s a lot. i personally wouldn’t fight for it. and my dad is one of those proud mexican parents so he’s encouraging her to do it, too. well she’s gonna go tomorrow! so we’ll see!!</p>