Can I get fired for being sick with a doctors note?
I have been sick for the last 2 weeks and the doctor has told me to stay home, and the doctor told me today to stay out for another week. I went in to work today before I went to the doctor to try to work for a couple hours, even though I was sick and in pain still. They let me go today, stating that because someone else recently left they needed someone there consistently to help the one other person in the department (there are 3 of us, 2 of them are full time and I am part time, but it's a college campus, there are a lot of employees just not in our department). That was there exact reason, they were letting me go to get someone more consistent. I have only worked there since March 2011, it is a student filled position. Do I have any rights to contest this? I haven't worked there for a year so I'm not sure if the Family Medical Leave Act is applicable here.
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