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by blippin

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I have a question about Telephone calls at work. I was dismissed from my position due to Telephone calls. The unemployment agency is denying my benefits due to this. It was an at-will employer, which most companies are. I am in the midst of filing an appeal for this. I was wondering if you have ever heard of this before.

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by james r linn

Is an at will employer one that can fire you at will or without notice? Its not legal in most jurisdictions unless you are a temporary or contract worker(and even then it needs to be spelled out in the conidiotns of employment).

I have never heard of being fired for taking telephone calls. I have heard of situations where employees abused telephone priveleges by making excessive personal long distance - thats usually a reprimand. If you used the phone to make money on a side project, that inour org is a dismissal.

If your productivity was a concern, I can see how they might blame it on the number and length of telephone calls. But that should be made clear.

James

by lance.gillis

Did you get the job done to their satisfaction? Were the calls long distance? If they were long distance, many would view this as stealing. If you didn't get the job done and had been warned once, well, you know, it's kinda, ok you deserved to getthe boot. I don't understand why you can't get unemployment. Keep looking into that as you should have some benefits. Also, don't sweat the lost job. If you really were not "into" the job then it was a waste of your time.

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