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[quote=Anonymous]She didn't say they fired you for taking sick days. She said they realized that they couldn't afford to pay you your salary plus sick days. If they can't afford that, they probably can't really afford your vacation, and definitely couldn't afford overtime.

They had decided already that a nanny was too expensive and found a daycare. The sick day thing was her inelegant way of sort of putting it on you (she thought you wouldn't use them), but saying you can apply for unemployment means that they aren't firing you because you did anything wrong. They're letting you go because they changed their minds about nanny care.

So, two issues:
1) The personal insult over getting fired: You were let go because nanny care is expensive and they can't afford it. It sucks, but it's not about you. The sick days might not have helped, because it probably made them realize all of the additional costs of having a nanny, but it wasn't because you were sick that they fired you.
2) Are you owed money and can you sue: If your contract states a notice period, they need to pay for that (the clause about "fired without notice" implies that letting you go without cause should have included a notice period). In Maryland, at least, any accrued vacation also must be paid out. You could go to small claims and see what happens. If it doesn't specify in your contract, I would ask for two weeks pay for the notice period, since that's a pretty standard length of notice.[/quote]

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