Legal Question in Employment Law in Georgia

Orig question: my mom was at work she overheard co workers talking about some food one of them had thrown away because it was old. not knowing my mom had overheard, the second co worker got the food out of the trash and offered it to my mom. she was very upset so i contacted her boss and told him about the situation. and her boss put my mom on the night shift, hoping she would quit because everyone knows she hates night shift. is there anything my mom can do to reverse this? and workers-laws type of things?

The lawyer (McGill) who answered my daughter was rude.My daughter was very worried about me and sought your advise. I DID go to my supervisor AND his boss (manager) about the incident. Your lawyer said it "may have been a practical joke". Well, DUH! And what a great joke- it was the equivelent of calling me a fat cow. He even told the manager that "I would eat anything". My ( ex-) manager wanted me to quit to avoid me telling everyone what a jerk they employ. He has since used the excuse "this just isn't working out" and let me go so I am now unemployed... but I have no proof that the food came from the garbage other than my word against the jerk's so I have not pursued this complaint.

Your Ms. McGill should have applauded my daughter's call to the manager- not tried to make her feel as if my transfer to night shift was my daughter's fault ! I was a union rep for 15 yrs and met with about a zillion lawyers- have some tact, Ms. McGill.


Asked on 5/12/11, 7:13 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Glen Ashman Ashman Law Office also dba Glen Ashman Attorney

In your post you both claim that it is about your Mom and then a paragraph later give yourself away and indicate you were the one involved, not your Mom.

It was probably an unwise move to make a big deal on the job over what probably was, as Ms. McGill, said, a practical joke.

And while the employer may have acted unfairly, Georgia is a state where people are employed at will. So unless there was an employment contract or a union contract, firing an employee for a bad reason or no reason is permitted and there is no remedy at law.

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Answered on 5/12/11, 9:35 am


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