Toxic Boss Looks Through Employees Purse, Fires Her After Finding Job Application

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    Font - r/antiwork u/bluebrindleivy. 17h. 34 2 fired after my boss went through my purse...
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    Font - I have been working FOH at this restaurant for almost a year. Lately I had been wanting to quit due to a toxic misogynistic atmosphere. Today I was working, and I was going to be working tonight by myself bc we are understaffed and I am one of two employees who can close by myself.
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    Smile - I had grabbed a job application to another job, had it filled out and was going to hand it in this morning, but I was running late, so I just shoved it in my purse to hand in tmr.
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    Font - Anyways, I was just making boxes with my coworker, and my boss was in the office doing something. He comes out and asks to speak to me. I go into the office and he says "What's the job application in your purse". I looked over to my purse and the little section where it has you fill out your references was poking out of my bag. I said "It's for name of other restaurant". He asked me why and I said "Because I feel like you guys treat me like." And he said "Okay if you feel like that go ahe
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    Font - Feeling very violated and angry. That is my personal property, plus what if I had just wanted to work two jobs? Is that even legal? Is there anything I can do? He has cameras but they are only accessible on his phone/app... I had never been written up here before. I was spoken to a few times bc they were trying to treat me like a manager without the proper compensation or title, and once was spoken to about my socks being the wrong color but that's it. This is just so unfair... Any advice
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    Font - ETA: he is the owner and takes an even split of the tip pool every day. Also I am only 21 so I am a bit young/inexperienced with things like this...
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    Product - ● Quality Of Mercy • 14h 1 Award Are you in the US? Report him for stealing from the tip pool! It's a federal law, which state doesn't matter. https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/flsa/ tips Relevant bit: "an employer cannot keep employees' tips under any circumstances; managers and supervisors also may not keep tips received by employees, including through tip pools" ... + Reply 1.4k
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    Font - Amrun90 16h S 3 Awards File a police report, report him the DOL for taking tip pool (totally illegal), and file for unemployment. He just did you a favor. + Reply 9k 9k
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    Font - leave_cat_alone. 12h 3 Awards OP's mom here, and thank you, we're doing all of the above in the morning. Thank you to everyone for your support, he's an absolute POS to his employees, especially the females and young line cooks. My daughter will keep you updated. + 715 715
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    Font - Sometimesnotfunny. 17h Wow so much room for illegal activities! + Reply 1k
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    Font - Justblousing69 - 17h Pretty sure it's illegal for them to go through your personal belongings ... + Reply 7.5k
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    Font - ssnowangelz 16h Yeah go for that unemployment. They can legally fire you for almost anything, but not when it's in the name of retaliation. I'm no lawyer, but that's my understanding. G 1.4k
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    Font - dsdvbguutres . 17h Was it sticking out in plain view or did they have to open your bag to access it? + Reply 245
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    Font - bluebrindleivy OP. 15h i wish i could provide pics. it was stuffed down into my purse, which was open. the only thing that may have been sticking out is the references section, which literally only has three names on it, where i know them from and how many years i've known them. to see if it was a job application, he would've had to explicitly take it out of my bag or look REALLY REALLY closely. i hope that makes sense. nothing saying job application was visible at all, when i got called
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    Font - RiotBlack43. 15h Considering that references are used for housing, and other things besides job applications, it definitely sounds like he pulled it out, and then hastily stuck it back in. 177 +
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    Font - FistoPuncherelli. 16h So a purse is considered a CPA (Constitutionally Protected Area) and any CPAS cannot legally be searched without the permission of the CPAS owner--this is why at places like Six Flags and Disneyland, security has to ask before they search your purse/back/backpack i.e. "can you open this for me?" Your boss going through your purse is extremely illegal and a violation of your civil rights. File a police report asap then hire a civil rights attorney. + Reply 55
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    Smile - Edit 2: I will gladly share the name of this business as long as it will not hurt me in anyway for this lawsuit i am going to be filing.
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    Font - Edit 3: i wish i could include pictures. when i placed my purse in the office i made sure the application was stuck in there. my purse was not closed, however, the application was stuck in there enough as to not be showing. when he called me into the office the references section (which just had three names, where i knew them from and how many years i've known them) was sticking out clearly. that was the section that was on top when i left my purse alone. meaning he saw it and grabbed it

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