Legal Question in Employment Law in Massachusetts

can i be fired from a job for getting hurt?

i got hurt at work, informed my employer. the pain was bothering me so my employer told me to go to the docter and find out how long i should be out.

i returned back to work to find my hours cut by more than half and a new hire, when i was told that my hours were cut because it was slow.

my second dayback my employer said she was writting me up for insubordination (i did nothing)and told me to sign the slip.

well i realized that i signed a paper that i felt was false, so i called the main office and said i wanted a meeting to resolve the whole issue.

i arrived at the meeting to find out that i was being fired for the incident the day before (insubordanation)

when i asked what i was being fired for they said "for interupting - on the phone"

the whole thing is that i got fired on the 13, and the check was dated the 12 and said final paycheck.

so, i was already fired before i got written up. how can they fire me when i didnt do anything? i got back to work on the 11 from being out for my injury and got fired on the 13. (when i work the banks are already closed.)

now that i am unemployed who is going to pay my docter bills, and i still havent gotten a check for the work i missed either.

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