Legal Question in Employment Law in Michigan

I have been wrangling with the Kroger Company of Michigan for the last 10 months with very little success. I started there in 2006, worked until 2008 and left for school. I worked for them each summer and Christmas right up until Christmas 2010. I was hired again that Christmas (2010) and still thought that everything was ok and that I still had standing with the company, certainly enough to come back. I came back a final time for two weeks in May 2011 and was told by my boss that she had to terminate me and that she was ordered by corporate and that they would not even consider reinstating this. Apparently I had been coded incorrectly in Kroger's computer system as having "left for another job" or something to that effect at the end of Summer 2010 despite having specifically stated that I was going back to school when I gave my two weeks notice as requested by my boss every time I left and intended to return, apparently this code makes it so that I can never work there again. This was of course incorrect as I had actually been leaving for school. I have asked to see the error in my employee file and been denied the opportunity to see it, receiving a "we can't show you because we can't see it ourselves" response from the corporate office's HR people. I have had no luck in communicating with this company as my phone calls are not returned or promises to be called back by a representative are not fulfilled. Do I have any recourse in trying to get my job back since I did nothing wrong or at least to see my file?


Asked on 4/17/12, 3:13 pm

2 Answer from Attorneys
Timothy Klisz Klisz Law Office, PLLC

Getting your job back may be tough, but getting your file should be easy. There is a statute in Michigan called the Bullard Plawecki Right To Know Act. It allows an employee to see their file and pay for copies if they like. If they don't give it up, I can write a letter for you for a small fee. Tim Klisz

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Answered on 4/17/12, 3:57 pm


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