I got terminated today.. I need some advice if my company is in the wrong...

- was ment to be working on the 27th, but didn't know...
- got a call from my mate telling me i was in for the day, so i went too work, 1 1/2hrs late
- mind you i was really sick at home, but decided to go to work anyways because i didn't want to call in sick 1 1/2hrs late because only 3 ppl schedule to work that night.
- anyways, i was really sick at work and sorta doozed off at work, not taking any calls or emails.
- the next day boss comes to work and check Service Level, and it was really bad cause i didnt do my part
- he calls me into meeting room, i explained myself and he said he has no choice but to give me Counseling letter, i was okay with it, because its my first counseling letter and its not as bad as warning letter.. mind you this is my first ever letter in the company that i have been working for 5 months
- he goes to submit the counseling letter to HR and HR calls me into HR Office on the next day 28th
- they asked me to tell my story bla bla bla, HR goes to talk to his HR Manager and he comes back and says i am terminated effect immidietly... what!!!!!

- i dont really understand because i am a CONFIRMED staff, and this is my first letter of what sort..
Can they do this????

All my mates at work even my boss at work is really suprised at this decision because my boss only wanted to give me a counseling form, not even a WARNING LETTER..

What can i do? What rights do i have?

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Added on October 29, 2008, 5:14 pmI have to also add there was no reason to terminate me, as i have an outstanding record with the company...

And also, i work for a Outsourcing company, the HR is Outsourced but i am based in the clients building.

yes, i am contract staff, and i work for Sci-Com... i don't have an issue with attendance, i am a good staff.. even my Operations Manager was a bit shocked at this result, he was telling them to push for a WARNING LETTER at least as i don't think he wants to lose me..

everyone at work is shocked but people at work get warning letters for more serious offence..

i also re-read the contract and it states that they can terminate me for any issues.... this is retarded..

Don't even work at Scicom guys!! You work soo hard, one mistake in life you get buang...and the funny thing is they didn't even bother to look through my working stats and how i performed the previous months...they just looked at it at a business side of view..