Kentucky woman says she was fired without ‘any concrete reason,’ then they allegedly asked for her help the next day
She claimed she didn't respond to the email
A Kentucky woman has called out her former employer, whom she claims fired her without reason. The woman’s company then allegedly contacted her via email the next day to ask for her help regarding her company-issued phone, an email she claimed she ignored.
TikToker Gracie alleged that her employer “refused to give me any concrete reason for firing me.” She said that the company terminated her employment but was unable to point to any mistakes or performance issues; “they couldn’t say anything other than ‘this is not a good fit.’” According to Gracie, she was also not allowed to gather her personal belongings “before HR escorted me out of the building.”
The next day, she said she received an email from her former employer. In the email she shared a screenshot of, they tell Gracie: “We’re working on getting [the] company-issued iPhone that you returned into service and need your help with one item,” it said. “We’re unable to unlock or reset the phone without the information you set up.”
The company then asked Gracie for the phone password and Apple ID so that it could be unlocked. “Obviously, I did not respond,” Gracie said. “What do you mean you’re going to strip me of my paycheck and then request information from me?”
According to devicerescue.com, companies can take legal action against former employees to retrieve company property or take it out of the employee’s final paycheck.
What the law says about being terminated without notice
According to the National Law Employment Project, “at-will employment” means employees in the US can be fired at any time and for any reason or no reason at all. The only exception to the law is Montana, where changes made to the Wrongful Discharge from Employment Act mean employers need to have “good cause” for terminating an employee. Likewise, employees are able to quit their job for any reason.
However, there are cases where employees can’t be fired. An employer cannot terminate an employee if it is deemed to be discrimination; this means employees in a protected class can’t be terminated based on factors such as race, color, religion, and sex. The law also covers pregnancy, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, and more.
Employees also can’t be terminated for rebuffing or complaining about sexual harassment, whether it happened to them or somebody else; they also can’t be fired if the complaint turns out to be unfounded. Other cases in which the employee is protected include whistleblowing or if they are a member of a union.
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