Duh...looking at Boeing. They actually fired ENGINEERS because they didn’t want pesky math/science/aerospace safety stuff to interfere with their real goal...giving top executives massive salaries and bonuses (oh, and the stock...must not forget enrich stockholders).
I'm from the US but currently living in the UK for work, and when I tell my UK co-workers how employment works in the US, like how you can get fired for absolutely no reason at any time with no notice and no severance pay effective immediately, they look at me with a kind of abject horror mixed with pity mixed with disbelief that's sort of darkly entertaining. One woman asked me how you could ever feel safe in a system like that to do anything big financially at all like buy a house or plan a trip, and I was like, "Yep, good point, you'd never really feel safe would you?" and then she got even more horrified. And I could do nothing but sort of nod at her like, yep, mm-hmm, that's the correct reaction, yep, it's a horrorshow, yes.
Depends on the state. Texas makes it really hard. A friend of my wife's got fired for made up reasons, when it was really because she had filed for worker's comp. They denied her claim, she won an appeal, but then the company did some ninja bullshit to appeal the appeal, and she never saw a dime.
This, we have Employment Tribunals in the UK that are all over companies treating workers badly. Life is stressful enough without living in fear every day.
the whole process took about 4 months from filling the complaint to resolution. I was never going to sue the company, there was little point. However, I never had to sign anything to give up my legal right to do so if i wanted.
I fired a guy who was HIV positive, per his own admission. I didn't care about that, because we all know you can't catch that easily, so it wasn't an issue for me. What WAS an issue was he fell asleep several times at work, he hurt himself moving something that I had JUST TOLD HIM NOT TO MOVE, and lastly, he had problems with his cuticles, which would bleed, and he used to take off his bandaides and leave them out where any of the clients could potentially get them, because the clients were all intellectually disabled.
I didn't fire him, anyway. Someone above me did, and so I drove this fellow to his own termination. It was awkward. He knew he's been summoned, and that was never good news. When we termed him, we had our CEO in the room. Of course the guy said he was going to sue because we'd fired him due to his status, which was nonsense. We fired him because he had crap for work ethic and is disregard for infection control.
Slightly OT:My son didn't know that the f word was like the n word. He said, "dad, the kids on the bus say that a LOT." I didn't realize we were still living in the 90s.
It would also make it less intimidating for people to speak up when they feel they or someone else is being discriminated against if they don't have to first think "Okay, but how will I survive if I get fired? How will I pay my rent? How will I feed my kids?"
Don't forget the company health care, if they have it.
Might also make a case later based on statistics. If 30 people out of 3000 are fired, and they're all LGBT, or all black, or all female...
OANN LIBELZZZZZZZEZ!!!!!11111!!!
Duh...looking at Boeing. They actually fired ENGINEERS because they didn’t want pesky math/science/aerospace safety stuff to interfere with their real goal...giving top executives massive salaries and bonuses (oh, and the stock...must not forget enrich stockholders).
I'm from the US but currently living in the UK for work, and when I tell my UK co-workers how employment works in the US, like how you can get fired for absolutely no reason at any time with no notice and no severance pay effective immediately, they look at me with a kind of abject horror mixed with pity mixed with disbelief that's sort of darkly entertaining. One woman asked me how you could ever feel safe in a system like that to do anything big financially at all like buy a house or plan a trip, and I was like, "Yep, good point, you'd never really feel safe would you?" and then she got even more horrified. And I could do nothing but sort of nod at her like, yep, mm-hmm, that's the correct reaction, yep, it's a horrorshow, yes.
White privilege- now with more self-congratulation!
Yes, Robyn.
Spot. On.
This, exactly.
Thank you, Robyn.
I worked at a place that required just cause to terminate an employee, and I don't live in Montana. We did, however, have a union.
Depends on the state. Texas makes it really hard. A friend of my wife's got fired for made up reasons, when it was really because she had filed for worker's comp. They denied her claim, she won an appeal, but then the company did some ninja bullshit to appeal the appeal, and she never saw a dime.
This, we have Employment Tribunals in the UK that are all over companies treating workers badly. Life is stressful enough without living in fear every day.
the whole process took about 4 months from filling the complaint to resolution. I was never going to sue the company, there was little point. However, I never had to sign anything to give up my legal right to do so if i wanted.
I would actually have preferred civil unions... for straights too.
1) Declare all existent marriages to also be civil unions.
2) A “civil union” can be entered into by any two consenting adults, with all the legal rights and responsibilities afforded to marriage.
3) A “marriage” is a religious issue, which has no bearing on legal status.
4) Government no longer involved with “marriage”.
LGBT people get all the legal protections. Religious nutjobs lose even the bogus “religious freedom” argument. Win/win.
I fired a guy who was HIV positive, per his own admission. I didn't care about that, because we all know you can't catch that easily, so it wasn't an issue for me. What WAS an issue was he fell asleep several times at work, he hurt himself moving something that I had JUST TOLD HIM NOT TO MOVE, and lastly, he had problems with his cuticles, which would bleed, and he used to take off his bandaides and leave them out where any of the clients could potentially get them, because the clients were all intellectually disabled.
I didn't fire him, anyway. Someone above me did, and so I drove this fellow to his own termination. It was awkward. He knew he's been summoned, and that was never good news. When we termed him, we had our CEO in the room. Of course the guy said he was going to sue because we'd fired him due to his status, which was nonsense. We fired him because he had crap for work ethic and is disregard for infection control.
Slightly OT:My son didn't know that the f word was like the n word. He said, "dad, the kids on the bus say that a LOT." I didn't realize we were still living in the 90s.
A wond cham boson.
It would also make it less intimidating for people to speak up when they feel they or someone else is being discriminated against if they don't have to first think "Okay, but how will I survive if I get fired? How will I pay my rent? How will I feed my kids?"
Don't forget the company health care, if they have it.