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wrongly terminated? Framed...
Asked on May 01st, 2012 on Employment Contracts - Pennsylvania
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i work in a plastics company. and one product was contaminated by someone causing $20000 dollars in company profit. the company reviewed the cameras and they couldnt see who had done it. They also hired a private investigator and intervied every employee. the company people searched the laundry and found the contaminants in my pocket making me the number one suspect. i was suspended today and im facing termination. can they terminate me without any visual evidence from a person or surveilance or without any witnesses to testify that i did it? someone sabotaged the machine i worked on that night and set me up to take the fall. please help???
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Before I respond to your inquiry, I must state that we have not spoken, I have not reviewed the relevant documents and facts, and I do not represent you. Therefore, my discussion below is not a legal opinion, but is informational only. Finally, my discussion applies only to issues to which Pennsylvania or Federal law apply, unless otherwise specified.That being said, unless you have a contract or collective bargaining agreement that states otherwise, Pennsylvania follows the presumption that all employment is "at-will." This means that your employer can terminate your employment for any reason or no reason at all. As such, an employer does not need visual evidence or witnesses in order to terminate an employee. Further, an employer is not required to conduct an investigation before placing an at-will employee on leave or terminating that employee.
Answered on May 25th, 2012 at 12:33 PM