I got fired from work due to my attendance?

Question

I havent been able to go to work on some days because ive had to appear at court because of the tickets that i have been getting. Can i sue them for this? It is mandatory that i appear at court so why am i still getting fired..

Answer 1

Everyone has to balance personal life with work life.  

In your personal life, you are choosing to regularly break the law, and then instead of paying for breaking the law, you are choosing to contest the law.  Yes, it IS manditory for you to go to court, so you need to decide which is going to be better for you in the long run: spending your time in court, paying fees for breaking the law- which takes money OUT of your pocket, or being a normal citizen and going to work- which puts money IN your pocket.

What are these tickets for?  Speeding?  Late to work?  It sounds like you need a shift in priorities.  You sound very young, and perhaps you are not aware that the things you do now WILL effect your likelyhood at nailing a job later.  One of the things potential employers HATE to see THE MOST is "getting fired for attendence".  You need to find a way to show that you have learned something, and will not have this issue in the future, because they WILL find out.

Of course, to address your question about your employer, it works like this: they hired you because they had a spot to fill.  A seat was empty, or a job wasn't getting done until they hired you to do it.  When you don't show up, that seat is empty again, the job may get done, but by your co-workers... who have extra work to do today, because you didn't show up.  Is THAT fair?  Especially because the reason you didn't show up today actually IS volountary?  Of course, going to court is manditory, but you didn't HAVE to break the law in the first place!  You are putting un-due stress on your fellow employees, and expecting your employer to hold a job open for someone who... may... or may not show up.  If YOU were paying someone to work for you, would YOU keep them if they were unreliable?  That's what you are, unreliable.  

SO- time for tough love- wake up kid.  You are not only hurting yourself, your own financial position, and your potential to get a job in the future, but you are hurting your fellow employees and your employers profits.  You need to see the BIG picture, INCLUDING the fact that if these are speeding tickets you're getting, you're putting other people's lives in danger- possibly MINE, or MY loved ones.  I hope you don't drive in Houston!  

Don't sue your employer unless you have a steady stream of extra cash coming in from somewhere, because you are not in the right, and will not win.  You'll waste all your money.  Spend some time learning how to be a better inhabitant of your town, and a better employee- it's MUCH more financially rewarding than suing someone anyway.

Answer 2

You can sue anyone you want, however they still have the right to fire you for missing work and as such you will not win.

Answer 3

When your personal life interferes with your ability to do or show up for your job, they have a right to fire you. I suggest you stop getting tickets and then you won't have to go to court and miss work.

Answer 4

It is also mandatory that you be at your job, performing it.

No, it is not wrong for you to fire you.  The job needs to be done by someone that is able to be there doing it.

Answer 5

Suggestion: pay your tickets. stop driving like a jackass. get a new job. show up.

Answer 6

Of course they can give you the ax based on attendance, well the lack there of.  The fact that it was mandatory that you be in court doesn't help you, if you hadn't had broken the law, you would have been available for work that day.  

"...tickets I have been getting."  That doesn't even indicate that your ticket problem is in the past tense and that you couldn't stop yourself from ending up with one.

Answer 7

In the movie, "Liar, lair," Jim Carey's secretary says, "Mr (x) is on the phone. He just robbed an ATM, and he wants your legal advice." Jim Carey, who at that point is bound to tell the truth, responds by shouting into the secretary's phone, "Stop breaking the law, a**hole." My answer to you is this. Mister, you have balls. Big ones. You think your employer should pay you because you can't stop breaking the law?  

Answer 8

Wow, people that answer these questions are harsh. Don't mind them.

If you worked out the situation ahead of time with your boss then there really shouldn't of been a problem.

If this happens a lot though, it is in the best interest of the company to fire you.

You can sue them but you will probably not win unless the circumstances are complicated.

I got fired from my first job because of this problem.

Answer 9

If you have a contract that limits the employer's ability to fire you, you can enforce it.  Otherwise, you and the employer both have the ability to terminate the relationship at any time.  BTW, you weren't required to commit the crimes.  That was your choice.  If you are unable to do the job, because you had consequences to your crimes, even if you had a contract any court would find that to be good cause.  If the company announced that they couldn't pay you for your work because they had to pay fines for EPA violations, would you keep working?

Answer 10

because it is also mandatory that you show up to work when scheduled. a job does not care about your personal life only your work ethic. so no you can not sue them.

Answer 11

Why hasn't anyone pointed out that court dates for tickets are usually scheduled weeks or even months after you even get a ticket? You could have easily requested the days off you needed ahead of time so you wouldn't be in trouble for missing work.

You can't sue for getting fired, if that were the case there would be lawsuits everywhere! There have been extremely rare cases where people can sue but not for attendance.

In some cases, like where I work, you can get fired for the severity of the ticket. Like driving while intoxicated, and most jail times.

How are you getting all these tickets? Speeding? reckless driving?

Best of luck to you.

  

Answer 12

I take it that the tickets are traffic tickets! No you can't sue them for that, it is your own fault. If you keep getting tickets don't you think that something is wrong?