Are you always an employee of a company that bans guns?

[amlevin]

Originally Posted by Big Dave

The issue here in Washington they would not put down that they fired you for you violating company policy unless they are really stupid as they would seek deficient work in the next month or cite reduction in force or some other lame excuse.

Dave- Here is something from the "Other RCW's"

WAC 296-126-050

Employment Records.

(1) Every employer shall keep for at least three years a record of the name, address, and occupation of each employee, dates of employment, rates of pay, amount paid each pay period to each such employee and the hours worked.

(2) Every employer shall make the record described in subsection (1) available to the employee, upon request, at any reasonable time.

(3) Every employer shall, upon written request by the employee, furnish within ten working days of the request to each employee who is discharged a signed written statement, setting forth the reasons for such discharge and the effective date thereof.

This last part is what opens the door to wrongful discharge lawsuits. An Employer can make lots of claims but then the investigation begins. Did they treat all others in similar situations the same? If down-sizing, there are other labor laws that cover this. For example, if a position is "eliminated" it then has to remain vacant for a given period of time before it can be re-eatablished. Employers are cautious when it comes to lying in writing. It almost always bites them in the @$$.