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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Dear Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>At a recent Clallam County pro bono legal clinic, I assisted a 59 year old disabled (bi-polar) woman whom, I believe, was wrongfully terminated from a job (kitchen worker) at a social welfare agency office where she had worked for nearly 4 years and had consistently received highly positive performance evaluations and regular pay raises.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>She was fired by a new supervisor for allegedly abusing an agency client (she had accidentally pushed the disabled client when she was showing him how to put his plate in the dishwasher and, apparently, this “victim” demonstrated an unreasonably high level of agitation).<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>She was never afforded any kind of fact finding review hearing by the agency’s HR department, but was merely terminated the following day based upon the oral grievance presented by the aggrieved client.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The incident occurred May 10, 2018, and I understand she has 180 days to present a complaint to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>She is receiving Employment Security benefits for the next year along with her Social Security Disability income.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>She has been looking for work in the same field (kitchen worker) but is obligated to disclose to prospective employers that she was terminated for “client abuse”, effectively making her unemployable.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>She is not motivated to sue and merely is seeking someone willing to legally help her remove this “stain” so she can go back to work.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Is anyone willing to assist her or provide me with adequate guidance to accomplish her objective?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Many thanks in advance for referrals. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:15.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;page-break-after:avoid;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bradley Hand ITC";letter-spacing:-.1pt'>CARL LLOYD GAY</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Palace Script MT";letter-spacing:-.1pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:15.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;page-break-after:avoid;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Palace Script MT";letter-spacing:-.1pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Bradley Hand ITC";color:#8064A2'>what counts in life is what we do for others<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal 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