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

• Carl@anarchist.nexus ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Retaliation only applies if the employee was engaging in protected activities, like filing a Department of Labor complaint or initiating a lawsuit. And, again, “making fun of your employer’s daughter’s dead boyfriend” isn’t a protected activity.

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  • jambudz@lemmy.zip ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    This thread just makes me so concerned about people’s knowledge of their lack of protection from businesses. It’s wild that people think they can’t be fired for a whim in the states. Even protected classes and things like that are super difficult to prove in court.

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    • Carl@anarchist.nexus ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Yup, proving things like protected classes usually requires either a super stupid manager (who puts it in writing, or says it in front of coworkers who are willing to testify for you), or proving a sustained pattern of behavior. Because a manager can just go “I didn’t like their vibes” and get away with it most of the time. Because disproving a soft subjective thing like “bad vibes” is basically impossible. Instead, you need to prove a pattern of behavior, like all of their “bad vibes” firings within the past two years have been black people. But getting access to that kind of thing will require a subpoena and lots of investigative work.

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