Fema Employment
Sexual harassment complaint. Got fired from federal job. Will I be red flagged for future gov.employ?
I was automatically terminated after being accused of asking a plant employee for sex. (not true) anyway I was on my first year probationary period. Two days prior to my one year a female summer worker who I worked beside and chatted with goes to HR saying she can't work around me because I wanted to ***f her. In a chicken plant the gossip is like wild fire and thier is alot of sex between co-workers. As a USDA inspector we are not permitted to assoaciate with plant employies at all. (I think the boyfriend of the girl put her up to it to get me fired or transfered) Everybody knew it was a set up. So I got the good ole Texas style, yankie, white boy go home via termanation papers. MY QUESTION IS: Will I be red flagged for future goverment employment evan if I apply to different agency. Can USDA human resourses coment on my termanation. To say I was let go during my probationary period would be ok. I'm afraid that I might me unhirable if I'm labled a sexual liability?
Public Comments
- Yes, you will. I'd fight.
- your best chance was to contest the charge right off, Get a lawyer and protest the ruling if you are right.
- It more than likely would red-flag you for other government jobs, both for the sexual harassment and for the associating with the people you're supposed to be inspecting. However, if it was some weird boyfriend-girlfriend thing or a Texas vs. Yankees issue that started it, and you can prove it, and prove that you didn't sexually harass people or have inappropriate relations, then you can sue for wrongful termination and attempt to get it cleared from your background check and employment/government record. You may need a lawyer for that.
- your toast Your own question tell me why... you said "got fired from federal job". Well every government application is going to ask you if you were fired and your going to say yes... that will do it right there. It wont matter why you were fired most employers will not even ask you why nor would they expect the old employer to tell them the truth, simply knowing you were fired is a reason to pass on you and that's what happens in HR departments. The first pass on all applicants is just a filter to toss out the ones they don't need and seeing one that says "FIRED" is a great way whittle the numbers down. And that's how the HR systems work, they whittle down a big stack until its a little stack that they actually look at. Sorry, but do yourself a favor if you were there less than a year look for a non-government job and don't even mention that last one. As long as you didn't apply for any credit or loans while you were there then you don't have to worry about any trail leading back to that employer... if you apply at a Fed job they'll have easy access to databases that will turn up things like your former job. Sorry about that, but you next goal should be focused on finding a non-government job. AS far as the folks saying sue for wrongful termination. Sorry but you would likely be wasting your time. You stated it was a probationary period during which time if you read the forms you signed it probably allowed for them to terminate you for any reason the wanted to. You also may find that you were in a state that has "employment at will" which pretty much means the employer has a right to terminate your employment with them at their whim.
- A mere allegation is not enough. Did you say anything that was inappropriate? Two days to go from complaint to firing is extra ordinarily fast especially in the Federal Government. If you were hanging around the employee's workstation when you should have been somewhere else, will you were in the wrong. Why would the boyfriend be out to get you? What is the whole truth? Future government employment will be affected by your probation termination. Apply at an agency like TSA that will take just about anyone. Be up front with them. Then after you have finished your 1 year probation, apply to the agency of your choice.
