Just got told I will getting let go and getting offered the opportunity to rebadge as a contractor. This comes right after I let my peers know I was pregnant.
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Speak to a counsel
If I wasn't going to work on public transit, I'd have that 'work' pillow stowed for those maternity days.
In my mommy mood.
There is a female that has had mulitiple babies while at exxon and every time she has used the full ppto time off. In the past years she has worked here she was off 35% of that time. You would think her ranking would be low but surprise it is not. She is loved by the supervisors. I forgot to mention she is very good looking and friendly to the supervisors.
Very unlikely unless supervisor is speaking on his own and doesn’t understand laws and policies.
First, such an action would be highly illegal and both the Dept of Labor and the IRS would go after EM accusing them of trying to avoid employment costs such as benefits. One way around this would be to put the person in a completely different job and not fill the old position, but EM wouldn’t risk this.
Plus it would potentially undercut EM’s legal protection for how they assess and layoff employees, opening them to all kinds of problems.
An employee can come back as a contractor, and this used to be common. But, it has to done a certain way. You can’t just rebadge or change hats and come back the next day or even later on your own.
Either a troll or not the whole story here. Throwing in the little pregnancy line, I am guessing a troll trying to stir trouble.
What is the reason they will let you become a contractor and not stay on as an employee? That seems like a weird situation.
Yeah. Get a lawyer, or maybe an agent.
Sounds like a reality show is in the works.
Rebadgered Apprentice - Maternity Style.
“Get a lawyer” may come off as resolute, but litigation is time consuming and very expensive, especially against a company like Exxon, which has the deepest bench of legal talent in the industry.
The OP would have to prove according to some some reasonable legal standard that they were involuntarily terminated primarily because they were pregnant, and this would have to be verifiably related to discriminatory intent. If this is happening to a large number of women who get pregnant (i.e. a pattern), that could make for a stronger case. Technically, pregnant women aren’t a protected class, but employers are barred from discriminating based on parental status, within the limits of existing federal statutes.
Another route could be to file a complaint with the DOL as soon as possible, since there’s a 90-day window on discrimination claims, but don’t expect much.
Nobody should take legal advice from anyone other than a licensed attorney.
Get a lawyer, that sounds like discrimination.
I’m not surprised. I know of multiple women who were fired while in maternity leave or even in the hospital with a newborn.
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