Legal Question in Employment Law in Pennsylvania

Unfair practices

Many persons have either been terminated or resigned from this educational institution without adequate representation from the human resources dept. The dept. is staffed by one ''Manager'' and a secretary. The ''manager'' does not have a degree and was, in fact, the secretary before being appointed to the manager position. This person has no qualifications to counsel employees. This employee ''goes along'' with whatever administration tells her to go along with. Therefore, persons who have been either terminated or resigned, did not get any representation from this office. She totally does what she is told. My situation was that my superior wanted to give me a verbal warning for following a procedure (of which he did not agree). I told him that I would not accept the verbal warning. He called HR and this manager believed my superior and I was called up to a meeting with them and made to feel that I had no other choice than to resign. She gave me no support whatsoever...she reports to the same person my superior reports to! I resigned. Is a class action suit with all former employees who were treated unfairly because of the HR manager not having the associated educational background be in order?


Asked on 7/25/05, 1:02 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Mark Johns Mark Johns, Esquire

Re: Unfair practices

An employer is under no obligation to provide an employee advocate for their employees. Therefore, while you may have a right to unemployment compensation as your resignation may not have been voluntary there does not seem to be any federal or state law claim for the action that you describe. I offer free consultations.

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Answered on 7/25/05, 1:11 pm


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