Hello, i was wondering if you could help me.
let me first give you a brief recap of the events that followed my termination.
i live in Plano,Tx
February 2nd 2011 i was snowed into my apartment complex, i informed my boss that i couldn’t even get out of my parking spot, his response was "go outside and put table salt on the road" he was pressuring me to come. also he harassed me every two hours trying to further pressure me into driving to work. and risking my life. (i have roommates that overheard the conversation, they stayed home due to the bad weather and they work less than 2 miles away) i had only had my drivers license for 1 week at the time, boss new that as well. i am a new driver and he expected me to drive in ice and snow.
February 3rd 2011 i went to work, when i got off work it began to snow again.
February 4th 2011 all of the snow compacted to ice and my boss succeeded into pressuring me into driving in the next to imposable weather. i left 4hrs early in order to make it to work on time (work was 55 miles away from my apartment) and 16.5 miles away from work i hit a patch of black ice in my truck and spun out of control into a concrete barrier totaling my truck, i called my boss not even 10 minutes after the accident, and his phone was turned off, 25 minutes after my shift was scheduled to start i was able to get a hold of him on the phone informing him that i would be unable to make it due to the accident. that accident should have killed me, i also informed him that seeing as i am not 25, i can not lease a rental car. i was forced to check into a motel for the night and the next morning i had to spend 0 on a uhaul to get home.
February 20th 2011 i was able to buy a truck off of a friend for 00.00, it was all i could get into….. car dealers were turning me and my wife down left and right.
February 21st 2011 i had called my boss to tell him i could resume work, his response was "Dillon? why does that name sound familiar, oh we fired you" to make matteres worse, my pay check should have been here a two weeks ago! i have not received it in the mail (my checks are mailed out not handed off) i have rent due.
also, i have NEVER been late to work (always at least one hour early) and i have NEVER called in sick or called in because i couldn’t make it to work.