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I am under an investigation by my employer and I do not feel that I did anything wrong
Asked on May 14th, 2013 on General Practice - New Jersey
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I've been employed for 7 years. A staff , I am his supervisor, offered me a loan to put up a security on a new apartment. I did not accept at first. After looking at other options and reviewing my company policy and seeing nothing to indicate this was not acceptable. I accepted the loan, nothing occurred on company time or property. I sign a contract to repay the loan and that was it. A few days later the staff began sending me unwelcome and inappropriate text messages of a romantic nature. This made me feel uncomfortable and I reported this to the HR dept. Today, I was informed that the staff would no longer be working with me and that I was the subject of an investigation that could lead to termination.
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Criminal Defense Attorney serving Toms River, NJ
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Edward J. Dimon
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the issue is the supervisor-staff relationship. the company will look carefully for 'untoward' behavior and if the staff alleges 'bad' behavior, there could be issues for your employment. did you divulge the loan to the company ? that would have been the better practice. you do need guidance. please let me know if we can help. ed dimon, esq.
Answered on May 15th, 2013 at 1:20 PM
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John J. Ratkowitz
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If you are terminated for pretext when the real reason is that you reported someone for sexual harassment, you may have a viable whistleblower's employment discrimination claim. You cannot be terminated for reporting sexual harassment.
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Answered on May 15th, 2013 at 9:20 AM