The kind woman who was so amazingly helpful at the Ohio Job & Family Services office sent me a letter today stating that Time Warner Cable was without just cause when they decided to let me go for having cancer. Sometimes the little guy can win if you have Christ in your heart and the truth on your side.
As I have stated in past blogs, I never, ever missed a day of work for anything other than being ill. There were days when I would go to work when I could barely stand and I was in so much pain that any form of concentration was at best a faint trick of the hand. I would crawl into that office some days nearly unconscious, yet when I put on the headset and began taking calls from all the people demanding cable services, I faked a smile in my voice and did the very best job that I could.
And the numbers just don't lie. I was always in the upper bracket of sales reps and always made TWC money. It’s true that sometimes I was so sick that I was unable to get out of bed, but more often than not, I was there to do my job and to be the best employee that I could be under those impossible conditions.
Unless they decide to appeal my claim one more time, the battle for now is over...
I am still very interested in hearing other people’s stories; I would like to know what your journey has been like when fighting the dragon we call corporate America.
Please don't get me wrong! I am a pure Libertarian and I believe that Time Warner had every right to let me go. I also believe with all of my heart that I have a right to claim the unemployment insurance that I contributed to with each and every dollar I made while working for them. This was a principled battle over a company’s selfish bottom line and obsession with proving that I somehow wronged them by getting cancer and my simple belief that I paid for the unemployment insurance for this very reason.
I was let go for something that was completely out of my control. This is why we pay for the insurance and I am blessed that the truth was on my side, that Yvette from OJFS is a kind and caring person and that my doctors went the extra mile to write letters explaining that I was in fact ill and not hanging out at a club the night before or whatever it is that they think I was doing.
I want to thank everyone who was behind me and who helped to bring a fair resolution to this mess and I hope that others will suffer less and find a clear path if they must follow in my footsteps.
Bless you all and keep sharing your stories with me so that I can forward the information to my friends in political office who can maybe help others in the future.
The sky is not always gray and I have been told so many times lately and it is starting to sink in, that God has a plan and although there will be times when the test is more than you feel like you can handle, he will step in and provide for you when the time is right.
Sometimes you must suffer to learn "I am doing both these days!"
So, this is what OJFS sent to me:
OHIO DEPARTMENT OF JOB AND FAMILY SERVICES
OFFICE OF UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION
THIS NOTICE IS A DETERMINATION ON ELIGIBILITY FOR UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS, ISSUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SECTIONS
4141.28(D) & (E), OHIO REVISED CODE
DETERMINATION OF UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION BENEFITS
The claimant was discharged by TIME WARNER CABLE LLC on 09/13/2011. Facts establish that the claimant's absences were due to medical reasons and beyond his/her control. Ohio's legal standard that determines if a discharge is without just cause is whether the claimant's acts, omissions, or course of conduct were such that an ordinary person would find the discharge not justifiable. After a review of the facts, this agency finds that the claimant was discharged without just cause under Section 4141.29(D)(2)(a),Ohio Revised Code.
1 comment:
Glad you were vindicated. Some employers have no respect for the law....
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