Carleen Acevedo was fired from Home Depot last July for 'creating a security or loss prevention risk' according to her termination letter. She says she felt scared and intimidated by the person at her register, who was paying with a suspicious card.
Melanie Woodrow Home Depot employee files lawsuit saying she was wrongfully terminated while company says she didn't stop $5,000 worth of fraudulent purchases.A 72-year-old former Bay Area Home Depot employee is suing the retailer for age discrimination and wrongful termination after she was fired for failing to stop $5,000 worth of fraudulent transactions.
"I just got a funny feeling about it and the card was suspicious it was very suspicious but I went ahead and ran it," said Acevedo."And then I knew for sure he was targeting me because I was alone," she continued."He was demanding, he wanted the transaction done as fast as possible," said Acevedo. "He got upset when I made the phone call to my manager.
"I was instructed not to do a thing. Do not approach, do not touch, do not try to dissuade, to interfere, just let them go," she said. Benton-Hayes also questions the timing of her termination. According to the lawsuit, six months prior, Acevedo learned a teenage new hire at the store had a starting salary of $21 an hour. Acevedo, who was 70 at the time and had been working at Home Depot for seven years, was making $20.17 an hour. She complained and the following month received a $2 raise.
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