Dismissed over a 40yr ago mistake
@3SnuggleBunnies (16374)
United States
May 6, 2012 6:57pm CST
There's a woman if you read the attached story http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/will-your-employer-dig-up-your-arrest-40-years-ago-0059578-150316185.html where she was dismissed from her job because of a mistake she made when she was 18. The now fifty something woman was dismissed from her bank job because they had done a search on existing employee's and found she had two petty shoplifting charges when she was young. IDK about you guys but everyone make mistakes and no one should be terminated for something so long ago and that did not involve a former or current employer. I thought such things could not be considered when seeking employment?
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@GardenGerty (157596)
• United States
7 May 12
If she has been there for a while they should have not considered a forty year old crime a mistake. It may be, however that they felt she had lied to them. My husband was let go from a job because he forgot that he had had a back injury fifteen years previously and they said he "lied". That they did not let him go for the injury but for not telling them. She may even have forgotten her petty shoplifting. I surely do not remember everything I did when I was eighteen.
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@3SnuggleBunnies (16374)
• United States
7 May 12
But you know simple things that happened because we don't dwell on them ever happening with frequency we assume it's a part of our past and we are looking fwd into the future. Like I didn't recall all the extra help I had gotten in school til I had my own kids, you know if it doesn't affect you daily you don't think about it on a regular basis.
That's a dirty shame about your hubby too. They were probably worried about him getting injured there and seeking wormans comp?
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@GardenGerty (157596)
• United States
7 May 12
Basically they said it was not because of the injury but because of his lack of honesty about it. I am sure there is a lot of things I do not remember about the time I was little or younger. Or even in my twenties.
@TrvlArrngr (4045)
• United States
7 May 12
You would have thought that she proved herself already. That is a shame.
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@3SnuggleBunnies (16374)
• United States
7 May 12
Exactly, getting various types of recognition for her service there at the bank and having no other infractions.... they could not let this information go?
@SomeCowgirl (32191)
• United States
7 May 12
It sounds to me as if the company is grasping for a way to downsize, it shouldn't be legal and what happened so long ago should not even be considered provided it's not been done again and it wasn't towards an employer. Even then if it's over fourty years ago then it should be expunged anyway!
@fannitia (2167)
• Bulgaria
7 May 12
I'm sure that this woman could sue them. The laws provide terms of limitation and even crimes can become void. Those employers deserve to be sued and pay her a good compensation.
@bonding2 (219)
• South Africa
7 May 12
thats very wrong , staying clean for forty years shows that she has changed ,guys everyone deserves a second chance
@doroffee (4222)
• Hungary
7 May 12
I think it was a childish and rude thing. I mean, it was so many years ago. She has proven that she's appropirate for the job, if they didn't even think of firing her earlier. Also, how come they didn'gt know it then? Or if they did know it, why did they bring it up now? It's just so cruel if a company has to lay down employees, they don't dare to be sincere about the financial status, but try to make up excuses to justify whom they wanna get rid of... or if she was fired because of her age, that's also sick.
@jillhill (37354)
• United States
7 May 12
I also had a friend that got let go from a job because of false charges in his past....yes....false charges! The charges were dropped and he was exhonorated and they still canned him.....I would think that after a certain time that wouldn't even be considered as part of an employment history!
@wilsongoddard (7291)
• United States
7 May 12
Employers have every right to terminate an employee who has a criminal past. The fact that this woman has been shown to be a thief in the past would justifiably make an employer nervous--especially when the job puts a person in a position to be around large amounts of money.
People have been terminated for lesser things. In many states, employment is "at will." Translation: the employer can boot you for any reason except for those statuses protected by the law. Employees have very little power.
@Noseclams (149)
• United States
7 May 12
Wow, making a mistake other than murder that long ago should go unpunished if it has already been such a long time. It should be understood that she was young and lots of mistakes are made when you are young. I am pretty sure she should have notified her employer of her history during the interview/application process. If she didn't do that then I could understand the ground for termination because of withholding information or just lying about it.
