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Original Comment I am an employee with the ace hardware located in Luverne Minnesota. Due to the Covid situation, and precautions that were not being taken in my store, myself and another employee chose to take time off as ordered by our governor in Minnesota. We were told by our operations manager we would not be paid Unemployment, we would not be helped by FMLA, and we would lose our home and electricity would be turned off because we would have nothing to fall back on. This is the shortened version of what we had to go through there. The main manager of our store, is no help, because he and the operations manager have been having an affair for many years. It would not be any of my business if this was kept out of the store, but it hasn't been, and there are many employees that have left because of it. Since leaving due to Covid, I filed a complaint with corporate, OSHA, and now guided by an associate to file a retaliation claim with ethics point, and this has just gotten worse. I have been in contact weekly with my manager, and the other employee myself had said all along that if the precautions were taken to protect us and our customers, we would be glad to go back into the store,And asked that they please let us know what they were doing to be compliant. We have not received any comment back other than an OK. In the meantime, within the store, the operations manager has told people to flip us off if they see us, and they are telling the other associates at the store and customers who come in to ask for us, that we no longer work there. We have never quit, nor have we ever been told we were fired, And at this point we are seeking guidance. We have tried to text the manager and ask what the situation is with our status at the store, and he will not answer us, the HR and district manager is of no help either. We do not know if the owner of the store has been getting an update on anything that is going on, but at this point we are frustrated and we are ready to seek other actions. This is been extremely stressful, unnerving, and unhealthy for us To have to wonder and worry about what's going on and what the next retaliation against us will be. I would like somebody to contact us immediately please, for guidance so that we can end this situation. This has been completely unprofessional from the very beginning, and action does need to be taken. Thank you for your time.

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