Comment on Got fired over a peproncini today so expect a lot of bullshit for the next couple days.

• ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I am indeed American and can tell you most people do not get fired for things like this on a regular basis.

  It happened mere hours ago and I’m still wrapping my head around it.

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  • breadsmasher@lemmy.world ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    so you’ll go to a labour tribunal to discuss whether you were legally fired? and reach a settlement where you were clearly fired for no reason which the company is not allowed to do?

    american

    oh. right. lol.

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    • ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      My dude I’m at a really low point right now and the snark is not appreciated. I didn’t vote for this shit I was just born into it. I’m dealing with it the best I can. 3 people lost their livelihood because of this.

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    • db2@lemmy.world ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      That’s still a thing in America, different names but conceptually the same. Even an at-will employment state doesn’t allow illegal firing which this sounds like.

      OP should call around to see if a lawyer will represent pro bono for sure.

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      • Carl@anarchist.nexus ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        At-will only provides protections for specific types of discrimination. They can’t fire you for being part of a federally protected class. For instance, they can’t fire you for being a woman, or for being black, because sex and race are federally protected classes. But “making fun of a dude who drunkenly wrapped himself around a tree” isn’t a protected class, so the firing would be legal in an at-will state.

        However, OP can (and should) file for unemployment ASAP. The former employer may try to contest it to get it denied, but that’s just to avoid paying extra on their insurance. If OP appeals the denial, they can submit a reason why they were fired. And as long as it wasn’t for cause (which basically requires something illegal like stealing from the company) then their appeal will be approved and they’ll get unemployment.

        But unemployment only begins from the date that you apply. So OP should apply ASAP, so the start date is today.

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• HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Oh fuck off

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• Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  There’s being right, and being an absolute arsehole. Right now you’re both. Sometimes you need to not say a thing, even if it is correct.

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• undefined@lemmy.hogru.ch ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Troll much?

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