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Was I illegally fired?

Posted by: Tiff_Marie
Date: 12/26/2009 10:45:52 PM

Up until the middle of this past November, I worked at a daycare, which my aunt and my grandma own. I had no problem working with family, I had no problem with the workplace at all until this past August. The problems started when an employee started slacking on her work. But I wouldn't say her lack of work was entirely her fault. One of my bosses (my aunt) and this employee started getting close, going out for drinks together, that kind of thing. They developed a friendship that nothing could stand in the way of, not even work. My aunt would let this employee not do her job, so she could go in my aunt's office and they could mess around on a laptop and talk. Well after months of dealing with this, and seeing so many things go on that weren't right in a daycare, I decided to try to talk about it with my aunt. She did not like it one bit. She got very defensive, angry, and even started turning the tables on me, and saying things I had done wrong. Well I ended up calling my mom and tellin her she needed to come get me. When she showed up some not so nice words were exchanged between her and my aunt. Well about three days later I was told I had lost my job through a text message my grandma had sent me. And at first she couldn't even determine if I had quit of if I had been fired. Then she made up reasons for why I was fired. Is this legal?

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