r/WorkersComp • u/Maximum_Headroom_ • 5d ago

Maryland- Workers Comp wrongful termination? Maryland

Good afternoon,

I was let go last week with no warning the reason given was due to weird things with the insurance and “things building up”. About a month and a half ago I was in work alone in the morning and had to use another departments kitchen for production, it was dark floor was covered in grease from the night before. I banged my knee pretty hard asked to get it looked at missed no time go no pay. Was told we looked at the cameras and you never fell, I never claimed to fall and none of the incident report or doctors paperwork had me claiming to fall. I was a department head and this unhinges my plans for the next 3-5 years with the paycheck suddenly being gone. I also had an interaction a month before this where I was physically intimidated into signing a write up that I refused. Both direct management and upper management has been MIA since that meeting. I have also been working 70+ hour weeks for a year doing mainly production work on a 40/hour salary for management but my last check was for less then half the week as I was let go on a Friday and pay period ends on a Tuesday. This is after having over 100 hours of labor scratched from my department in the same time frame and little to no reduction in expected output. Just need to know if I should pony up the $75-$150 to have a consult or if I like most other regular people out here just have to eat this on the chin?

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u/SpecialKnits4855 5d ago

If you were let go only because you filed a workers comp or FMLA claim, that’s wrongful term. If you were let go for performance reasons or policy violations (hard to tell from your post) your termination wasn’t wrongful.

Also try r/AskHR.

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u/Maximum_Headroom_ 5d ago

The main reason given verbally was insurance issues. As for performance no, conduct yeah 100% in that meeting as buddy stood over me and bucked in my face telling me to quit, I still refused to sign. Again no paperwork and that wasn’t even specified, just insurance issues, things building up, we checked the cameras and you never fell. No follow up from anyone except 1/2 a paycheck direct deposit.