Legal Question in Employment Law in Florida
I was terminated from a job with no reason. Another employee secured a meeting with the president and I about four days later to go over some questions they had regarding my former employment. After this meeting I was asked to write a letter going over the key points of the conversations. I have never received a warning before being terminated. I am worried that this letter may be used against me to deny my unemployment. Even though the president says he wants this letter so he can go over it with other board members and reinstate me. What do I do? I have not wrote the letter.
1 Answer from Attorneys
They are not required to give you an explanation or to give you a warning, unless that is a specific requirement of your contract. It is unclear from your question what, if any, benefit there is to you in creating the letter. You are no longer employed there. They fired you. What you say or write can be "used against you." Why do they want the letter? If there is the hope of getting your job back, and you want that, then you might write the letter. If they just want something for their file, I see little benefit to you. If you do write a letter, I would have someone take a look at it before you send it. Preferably someone that will be honest enough to criticize you if you have written something that sounds bad. Lawyers are good for that.
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