Getting my old manager fired

[bodybuilder1958]

Hi All,

I applied at a hospital a couple months back, got an interview and then no calls nothing. A friend that I used to work with called me on Saturday with an interesting story that she had overheard outside of my old manager's door.

My old manager got a call from the manager of the hospital I had applied at. So she took into her own hands to tell them that I was a injured worker and that I had cost them thousands of dollars over my left knee.

I still had her phone number, her home phone number so I called her and she admitted it and then it got ugly. We never did get along too well but I always respected her authority. She's done some pretty unsavory things in the past and now it's my turn. That other hospital was virtually my only chance to get back into my desired field.

I do start a new job this morning at a convenience store, I'll be in training until 1700hrs. After that I have an appointment with the nursing supervisor. My goal, to get my old manager fired and since they've been trying to get rid of her I'm pretty certain that I will be successful. See I taped the call, and when we got home last night from camping I transcribed the call.

I don't get mad I get even
bodybuilder1958

[lucky]

(05-29-2012 07:48 AM)bodybuilder1958 Wrote:  Hi All,

I applied at a hospital a couple months back, got an interview and then no calls nothing. A friend that I used to work with called me on Saturday with an interesting story that she had overheard outside of my old manager's door.

My old manager got a call from the manager of the hospital I had applied at. So she took into her own hands to tell them that I was a injured worker and that I had cost them thousands of dollars over my left knee.

I still had her phone number, her home phone number so I called her and she admitted it and then it got ugly. We never did get along too well but I always respected her authority. She's done some pretty unsavory things in the past and now it's my turn. That other hospital was virtually my only chance to get back into my desired field.

I do start a new job this morning at a convenience store, I'll be in training until 1700hrs. After that I have an appointment with the nursing supervisor. My goal, to get my old manager fired and since they've been trying to get rid of her I'm pretty certain that I will be successful. See I taped the call, and when we got home last night from camping I transcribed the call.

I don't get mad I get even
bodybuilder1958

In some states, Taping a phone call is illegal. Just a FYI.

http://www.callcorder.com/phone-recordin...merica.htm

[Bummer Knees]

In Kansas if the other party knows you are taping it is okay. Some phone message machines tape while you are talking, don't even have to press a button to start the taping, that is how mine works.

[AQA]

Kansas, Kan. Stat. Ann. §§ 21-4001(a)(3) & 21-4002(a)(1) It is neither invasion of privacy nor eavesdropping to record a telephone conversation if the recording is accomplished with the consent of either the sender or receiver of the communication. Accord State v. Norris, 502 P .2d 817, 823 (Kan. 1972)

[Bummer Knees]

AQA I often tape conversations by phone although I do so because I am hearing impaired and often miss important words. I play the recording back to help me clarify what has been said.

I have visited with Kansas Disability Resource Center per the legal standing on this which I posted on post #3. But with the recording being for a different purpose the laws may be different.

[bodybuilder1958]

I asked if I could record the conversation and she agreed.. My question, is what she did against the law? Can she tell a prospective employer that I had a work comp injury?

Management was polite, listened to me and they'll investigate. Or so they claimed they would.

[UndercovrAngel]

Oh hell yes BB... what she did is highly illegal. When a previous employer is contacted by a prospective employer, by law, all they are allowed to do is give date of hire, last day worked (can't even say if you were terminated or quit) and if they would hire you again. Especially when it comes to a WC injury being the cause of termination. If nothing else, you have a good case against the manager for blatant slander, libel, harrassment and blackballing.

I quit my job in Las Vegas after my injury (case had been settled and I was going for voc. rehab) due to a new (first day on the job) employee stealing from me and my employer taking her word over mine. I'd been an employee for over a year and even with being injured I missed 3 total days. Two days due to 2 seperate surgeries (due to WC injury) and I was back on the job the next day and one because I had to accompany my youngest son on a flight back to MI... round trip in 12 hours with 3 layovers each way. Anyway, when the case worker asked my ex-employer if he felt I deserved voc-rehab, he wrote her a letter that claimed what a wonderful, hard working, devoted employee I had been. But in the next paragraph, he stated that had I not quit, he would have fired me for stealing from him. Funny thing is, he never called the police, nor filed a police report for this supposed theft against him.

When my attorney got a copy of the letter showing my employer contesting the voc rehab (he would be the one that would have to cough up the money) he showed it to me. I pressed charges for libel and slander against my employer. I never once stole from him, in fact, there were several times when his drawer came up short when he closed at night, and I would find the missing money the next day and let him know exactly how and where I had found it. But to make a long story short, as customers that were loyal to me found out what he said about me, they quit visiting his establishment and eventually he lost so much business he had to declare bancruptcy and lost his business. On top of that, he ended up having to pay me for voc rehab.

So if you wanted to, because you have proof in her own words, you could take her to court for slander as well as libel and add in pain and suffering. It would be a slam dunk case and I don't know of any judge that could legally rule against you. If you decide to sue, it might be a good thing for now if she isn't fired, for if you win, you can put a garnishment on her wages, and in the long run, make her pay for the wrong she has done to you.

Angel ^j^

[jayne]

would depend BB are you doing it because you dont want her to do it to someone else oe is it revenge one is christian one is not

[bodybuilder1958]

I talked to the HR department this morning of the hospital that I applied for. Apparently the OR manager was very happy with my application, they liked my attitude and my enthusiasm. They didn't hire me because I wasn't well rounded enough but said that I was to apply again and they'd consider me again.

The manager's comments also stated this, "The applicant's previous manager made some comments that were unappreciated and inappropriate'. She went on to add that those comments had nothing to do with my not getting the job.

I was called by the same HR department last Friday and encouraged to apply for two other scrub jobs they had available. I think, God willing I might get the job I really want. By next week I should know my old manager's fate, if she keeps her job.