A longtime Wendy’s employee with Down Syndrome was allegedly fired from his job in North Carolina with no notice — and his angry sister claims management told her it was because he couldn’t do the job like a “normal” person.
Dennis Peek, 51, had worked for the Wendy’s location in Stanley, N.C., about 30 minutes outside Charlotte, for more than 20 years, his sister, Cona Young Turner, wrote on Facebook.
“I am heart broken to say they have fired him,” she wrote in the Wednesday message., adding, “They told me was unable to perform the duties of a normal persons job.”
“His dream was to retire from there some day and he was looking forward to a huge retirement party, we may just give him that party and tell him he has retired because he does not understand being fired,” she continued.
“I am also looking into a wrongful termination of a special needs employee, wish me luck! I am very disappointed with the management at Wendy’s in Stanley, they have no idea how they hurt my brother!”
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Dennis Peek, 51, had worked for the Wendy’s location in Stanley, N.C., about 30 minutes outside Charlotte, for more than 20 years, his sister, Cona Young Turner, wrote on Facebook.
“I am heart broken to say they have fired him,” she wrote in the Wednesday message., adding, “They told me was unable to perform the duties of a normal persons job.”
“His dream was to retire from there some day and he was looking forward to a huge retirement party, we may just give him that party and tell him he has retired because he does not understand being fired,” she continued.
“I am also looking into a wrongful termination of a special needs employee, wish me luck! I am very disappointed with the management at Wendy’s in Stanley, they have no idea how they hurt my brother!”
Wendy’s fires longtime employee with Down Syndrome
Dennis Peek, a longtime Wendy’s employee with Down Syndrome, was allegedly fired from his job in North Carolina with no notice after working there for 20 years.
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