Poll of the Day > Anyone here ever deal with OHSA?

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I feel like the company I previously worked for is in violation of several forklift requirements. I want to make a complaint. Anyone ever do it?

Backstory I guess: I quit recently. No notice at all, just said why the fuck am I doing this still and sent an email to the owner stating I was resigning. I had about 47 hours of pto left and met all of the requirements for the severance package. The company refuses to pay out my pto or honor the severance package. I'm looking at about $10,000 of lost income.

The complaints I'm going to make will end up costing the company 100k+ in fines and possibly shutting down for a week or more so that's way more in lost profit.
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My dad has with the Canadian equivalent since there was a forklift accident resulting in death of one of his employees.... but I don't know anything about it
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Sounds like you need the labor board about your PTO

Which I did use a US state labor board to go after an employer and I got to keep a good chunk of the fine they paid. Do it. It was easy.
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SmokeMassTree posted...

met all of the requirements for the severance package.

Fairly sure you need to be severed, not just leave, to get a severance package.
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Kyuubi4269 posted...

SmokeMassTree posted...

met all of the requirements for the severance package.

Fairly sure you need to be severed, not just leave, to get a severance package.

Incorrect. The handbook doesn't mention being fired or let go at all when referencing the severance package. Just a list of requirements (mostly time worked/position).

I get that I left them high and dry, but they wouldn't give me a notice if they fired me so I really could care less.
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Nobody who quits gets a severance package and you're a moron for not using your pto before quitting.
You deserve nothing but the peace of mind that you don't have to work at a job you didn't like.
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SmokeMassTree posted...

Kyuubi4269 posted...

SmokeMassTree posted...

met all of the requirements for the severance package.

Fairly sure you need to be severed, not just leave, to get a severance package.

Incorrect. The handbook doesn't mention being fired or let go at all when referencing the severance package. Just a list of requirements (mostly time worked/position).

I get that I left them high and dry, but they wouldn't give me a notice if they fired me so I really could care less.

I don't know if any company that gives a severance package to an employee that quits without notice.
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I actually did like the job. I mostly was paid for watching YouTube in my office, answering a few emails, and baby sitting grown adults. The hours are what I didn't like and it was starting to have a negative effect on my life.
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Situations Where Severance Pay Is Required

Generally speaking, there are only two situations when an employer is legally required to offer severance pay. First, some states have laws that require employers to offer terminated employees severance pay when their terminations are due to a facility closing or the company is laying off a large number of employees. In these situations (and depending on the state's laws), employers may be required to give a small amount of severance pay. To find out more about the laws in your state, you should contact your state's labor department.

As for the second scenario, employers may be legally required to provide terminated employees with severance pay if they led their employees to believe that they would be paid severance. This is often evidenced by:

A written contract (often an employment contract) that calls for a severance package;
A promise contained in an employee handbook or book of personnel policies that tells employees that they will receive severance pay if they are terminated;
A history within the company of giving severance packages to other employees that are in the same or substantially the same positions as the terminated employee; or
An oral promise from the employer to the employee that he or she would receive severance pay upon termination.

There are many employers that often give severance packages to long-term employees that have been with the company for a substantial period of time, even without a legal requirement to do so. In addition to some employers feeling that this is the right thing to do to reward the employee's loyalty and hard work, it often softens the blow that can come with termination and can discourage a former employee from pursuing a lawsuit against the company. Remember that the happier you can keep employees that have been terminated, the less likely that those former employees will decide to sue your company.

Yeah uh you're not getting that for quitting
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But I want it
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SmokeMassTree posted...

But I want it

But you don't get one for quitting...
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They should choose the words they use in their handbook more carefully if they don't want to honor them.
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SmokeMassTree posted...

They should choose the words they use in their handbook more carefully if they don't want to honor them.

They used the word severance.
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I severed myself from the company.
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They don't owe you severance or pto since you quit.

Also don't call osha.
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SunWuKung420 posted...

They don't owe you severance or pto since you quit.

Also don't call osha.

I disagree.

This is 2018, I'm not calling anyone. There is a simple form that can be filled out online.
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Here you go, smt. Let me know how it goes.

https://www.osha.gov/workers/file_complaint.html
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I used to work for a pizzeria and one my co-workers stuck his hand in an active, mixing, dough bowl and broke two of his fingers...but I was never informed on whether or not OSHA got involved. I just know he never showed back up after that day.
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Honest question here - but - do you get a severance if you quit? It thought they were only given if you were fired (Without a legitimate reason) or the company went out of business.

Someone care to explain to me how it works? Because I am confused now.
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Viking_Mudcrap posted...

Honest question here - but - do you get a severance if you quit? It thought they were only given if you were fired (Without a legitimate reason) or the company went out of business.

Someone care to explain to me how it works? Because I am confused now.

No, you don't get severance for quitting. Same way you don't get unemployment for quitting.
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Viking_Mudcrap posted...

Honest question here - but - do you get a severance if you quit? It thought they were only given if you were fired (Without a legitimate reason) or the company went out of business.

Someone care to explain to me how it works? Because I am confused now.

No, you're literally liable for quitting, no one will pay you for quitting.
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Zangulus posted...

Doctor Foxx posted...

Viking_Mudcrap posted...

Honest question here - but - do you get a severance if you quit? It thought they were only given if you were fired (Without a legitimate reason) or the company went out of business.

Someone care to explain to me how it works? Because I am confused now.

No, you don't get severance for quitting. Same way you don't get unemployment for quitting.

Actually, both would depend on situation.

People do get severances for quitting. But its usually a contractual deal. Example: Golden Parachute.

As for Unemployment for quitting: Ive done it twice. It depends on why you quit.

Right. It's much the same. You can't collect in those situations unless you fall under specific circumstances. Quitting because you realized you don't like coming into work does not qualify by any metric
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Doctor Foxx posted...

Zangulus posted...

Doctor Foxx posted...

Viking_Mudcrap posted...

Honest question here - but - do you get a severance if you quit? It thought they were only given if you were fired (Without a legitimate reason) or the company went out of business.

Someone care to explain to me how it works? Because I am confused now.

No, you don't get severance for quitting. Same way you don't get unemployment for quitting.

Actually, both would depend on situation.

People do get severances for quitting. But its usually a contractual deal. Example: Golden Parachute.

As for Unemployment for quitting: Ive done it twice. It depends on why you quit.

Right. It's much the same. You can't collect in those situations unless you fall under specific circumstances. Quitting because you realized you don't like coming into work does not qualify by any metric

I've only rarely seen this with At Home jobs, one of my friends just quit and when he filled out an unemployment application, he told them that he was laid off and he got approved for Unemployment. It's rare, but I can't see that happening for physical jobs.
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InhumaneRaider posted...

Doctor Foxx posted...

Zangulus posted...

Doctor Foxx posted...

Viking_Mudcrap posted...

Honest question here - but - do you get a severance if you quit? It thought they were only given if you were fired (Without a legitimate reason) or the company went out of business.

Someone care to explain to me how it works? Because I am confused now.

No, you don't get severance for quitting. Same way you don't get unemployment for quitting.

Actually, both would depend on situation.

People do get severances for quitting. But its usually a contractual deal. Example: Golden Parachute.

As for Unemployment for quitting: Ive done it twice. It depends on why you quit.

Right. It's much the same. You can't collect in those situations unless you fall under specific circumstances. Quitting because you realized you don't like coming into work does not qualify by any metric

I've only rarely seen this with At Home jobs, one of my friends just quit and when he filled out an unemployment application, he told them that he was laid off and he got approved for Unemployment. It's rare, but I can't see that happening for physical jobs.

That's weird because here the government would need to see your record of employment from your previous employer to confirm the pay history and also the status for the employee leaving. Which would specify quit.
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SmokeMassTree posted...

I severed myself from the company.

So pay yourself severance.
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Zangulus posted...

He didnt get unemployment for quitting. He lied. Thats a distinct difference. Both times I got unemployment I straight up told them I resigned. I won both cases.

I still don't see how they give you unemployment for just quitting, that's just asinine, no offense, I'm just saying.

Doctor Foxx posted...

That's weird because here the government would need to see your record of employment from your previous employer to confirm the pay history and also the status for the employee leaving. Which would specify quit.

I don't know the specifics of it, however, i do know that he quit and he filed for Unemployment just to see if he would get it and it actually worked.
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InhumaneRaider posted...

Doctor Foxx posted...

Zangulus posted...

Doctor Foxx posted...

Viking_Mudcrap posted...

Honest question here - but - do you get a severance if you quit? It thought they were only given if you were fired (Without a legitimate reason) or the company went out of business.

Someone care to explain to me how it works? Because I am confused now.

No, you don't get severance for quitting. Same way you don't get unemployment for quitting.

Actually, both would depend on situation.

People do get severances for quitting. But its usually a contractual deal. Example: Golden Parachute.

As for Unemployment for quitting: Ive done it twice. It depends on why you quit.

Right. It's much the same. You can't collect in those situations unless you fall under specific circumstances. Quitting because you realized you don't like coming into work does not qualify by any metric

I've only rarely seen this with At Home jobs, one of my friends just quit and when he filled out an unemployment application, he told them that he was laid off and he got approved for Unemployment. It's rare, but I can't see that happening for physical jobs.

That's just fraud lol
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Zangulus posted...

The reason both times were provable hostile work environment.

The last time it was because I was physically threatened on company grounds in front of witnesses. And the company refused to do anything about it.

Oh, ok that makes sense.

Viking_Mudcrap posted...

InhumaneRaider posted...

Doctor Foxx posted...

Zangulus posted...

Doctor Foxx posted...

Viking_Mudcrap posted...

Honest question here - but - do you get a severance if you quit? It thought they were only given if you were fired (Without a legitimate reason) or the company went out of business.

Someone care to explain to me how it works? Because I am confused now.

No, you don't get severance for quitting. Same way you don't get unemployment for quitting.

Actually, both would depend on situation.

People do get severances for quitting. But its usually a contractual deal. Example: Golden Parachute.

As for Unemployment for quitting: Ive done it twice. It depends on why you quit.

Right. It's much the same. You can't collect in those situations unless you fall under specific circumstances. Quitting because you realized you don't like coming into work does not qualify by any metric

I've only rarely seen this with At Home jobs, one of my friends just quit and when he filled out an unemployment application, he told them that he was laid off and he got approved for Unemployment. It's rare, but I can't see that happening for physical jobs.

That's just fraud lol

I told him every time he got his direct deposit, that the cops were coming for him. One time his payments got suspended and it told him to come to one of the offices, he legitimately thought the cops were going to arrest him.
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