Re: Labor law

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On 11/07/07, javier wrote:
> On 11/06/07, Terry wrote:
>> On 11/05/07, Javier wrote:
>>> Hey I am a school teacher and I worked at a school
>> dsitrict
>>> for two years and have positive reviews that clarify this.
>>> Well I just called the records office in the previous
>>> school district to try to get them to sign a paper to
>>> verify this and they said that they can not because my
>>> principal said that I was not hireable when she clearly
>>> stated before I left that I was. ALso she stated to the HR
>>> person that I had not improved in the areas that she said
>> I
>>> needed to improve on. Is there any legal remedy to this
>>> problem. What can I do? I feel like she is trying to black
>>> ball me when she clearly stated that in the observationsa
>>> that I have that they were good. Know she is stating
>>> otherwise.
>>
>> You can grieve the matter through any internal grievance
>> process the school district offers but that's all you can
>> do. Your former principal is entitled to her opinion about
>> your performance and whether she'd be interested in rehiring
>> you at her school. You have no legal means to force her to
>> change her mind.
>
> Even if previously she said she would and she suddenly changes
> her mind. And my paperwork suddenly dissapears .

Performance reviews should always be in writing. You can use the
Freedon of Information Act (FOIA) to obtain a copy of your
employment file from the fomer school district.