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MISREPRESENTED EXPENSE REPORT. TERMINATED WHILE ON TEMPORARY DISABILITY LEAVE
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IN SEPT. 1999, I TOOK A MEDICAL LEAVE OF ABSENCE. THE FOLLOWING MONTHE WHILE ON MEDICAL LEAVE AND UNDER A DOCTORS CARE, MY NATIONWIDE SUPERVISOR BARBARA HEALY SENT ME A 48-HOUR DEMAN. WHILE I WAS ON LEAVE, BARBARA AUDITED MY EXPENSE REPORTS. SHE DEMANDED I MEET WITH AN AUDITOR FROM NATIONWIDE TO ANSWER SEVERAL INQUIRIES REGARDING MY EXPENSE REPORTS. I CONSULTED AN ATTORNEY, PREPARED MY DOCUMENTATION AND SCHEDULED THE MEETING. ONE DAY PRIOR TO THE MEETING, MY NATIONWIDE DISABILITY CLIAMS MANAGER ELLEN BARTOCK ROUTINELY CONTACTED ME. AS PART OF THEIR DISABILITY BENEFIT QUALIFICATION, AND AS A REQUIREMENT FOR CLAIMS MANAGEMENT, ELLEN STATED MY MEETING WAS EQUIVALENT TO GOING OFF DISABILITY AND BACK TO WORK, THAT THIS MEETING WAS WORK RELATED, AND THAT NATIONWIDE WOULD HAVE TO WAIT TILL FEB 1ST. WHEN I RETURNED TO WORK TO HAVE THIS MEEETING, ELLEN TOLD ME SHE WAS CALLING OFF THE MEETING. SHE TOLD ME NOT TO GO. ELLEN SUBSEQUENTLY CALLED OFF THE MEETING BY NOTIFYING BARBARA HEALY PERSONALLY. THE NATIONWIDE REPRESENTATIVE I WAS TO MEET WITH ALSO LEFT A VOICE MESSAGE THAT BARBARA HEALY HAD CALLED HIM AFTER RECEIVING BOTH A CALL AND LETTER FROM ELLEN BARTOCK CALLING THIS WORK MEETING OFF.
THE FOLLOWING MONTH, WITHOUT PRIOR NOTICE TO MYSELF OR MY ATTORNEY, FLORENCE HARRIS FROM NATIONWIDE HUMAN RESOURCES, WHILE IDENTIFYING HERSELF AND STATING SHE WAS IN BARBARA HEALY'S OFFICE ON THURSDAY, 12/2/99, TERMINATED ME EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 6TH. OVER A MONTH LATER I RECEIVED A COPY OF THE U5 FORM STATEINF I HAD BEEN TERMINATED FOR MISREPRESENTED AN EXPENSE REPORT. MY ATTTORNEY IS HANDLING THIS MATTER.
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