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April 3, 2017
I started a full-time employment for two year contract after many attempts to ask for my contract I didn’t receive it and my benefit plan papers etc. 9 1/2 months there was an accident involving a company truck backing into a Backhoe
I was pushing/plowing a ice road I got hung up with the truck so I want to go get an extra pair hands for help and the Backhoe I was the operator for the machine and I had a non-employee help me try to get the truck out non-employee was in the truck I was operating the machine once I pulled them out the nonemployee backed into that machine causing an accident I told my supervisor I did a report January 15 I received a three day suspension with pay return to work on the 19th
January 19, 2018 I attended the meeting Regarding the situations I received a dismissal letter stating I gave permission to non-experience person To operate the machine code of contact section 6.0 Extreme negligence/carelessness of safety
So my question is can I employer
Lay you off regardless if you had a verbal two-year contract ?
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