Can an Employer hire a security guard to frisk employees every time they leave?
Sounds like a pretty stupid company, for my opinion. Using anti-theft detection is one thing, but physically frisking someone is a personal invasion. In fact, it may even be considered criminal assault. Certainly if I were terminated for refusing to comply, I'd be immediately filing a wronful termination lawsuit that I'd quite likely win. Even the police do not have authority to frisk you just because they're curious what you might have on you. And contrary to popular belief, signing an agreement is not the absolute answer. If I stupidly signed an agreement that you could execute me, it still won't protect you from prosecution if you follow through with it.
Is an employer allowed to push his religeon on his employees?
Ask him about Lord Xenu and the thetans. It's actually a pretty good science fiction story, by a science fiction writer.
Can my employer REQUIRE employees to march in a gay PRIDE parade?
Thanks everyone. I am salary so I technically would be 'paid'. They sent an email with "THIS EVENT IS REQUIRED TO ATTEND AND MARCH IN FOR ALL EMPLOYEES" in bold. Honestly, I have gone the last 5 years but had to take my children last year as I only have weekday care. It was highly inappropriate for them as there were men wearing only chaps with their butts hanging out and shirts that said things like "Gay as F***". They are young children and though I have no issue with it, it just is not ok for my children to see such things at their young age. I am just fearful I will be fired for not attending. Though it is a good point. I live in a state where I can be fired for no reason. So if they want to let me go for not being a team player, they can. They would just say it was for something else I suppose.
What is the life of an IT employee after being fired from a company?
Well I'm too young and inexperienced to answer this but still I would like to share my experience.I completed my graduation (BE) in 2016 and had no thoughts about building my career.My field of study was computers so I took up Java training in one of the excellent institutes in Bengaluru (India) recommeded by one my friend.My training was going well. It took 5 months for completing whole Java with 2 projects.Meanwhile I was attending drives but was not clearing the interviews so I was quite frustrated.Later after doing some research on career growth as a software developer engineer, I saw there would be vast growth in Mobile Technology so I developed interest in building apps.I took Android development course in the same institute, a month later after completion of Java, concentrated more on Android learning, the components, procedures, designs etc., Built a small app which boosted my confidence level.Luckily I cleared my 1st interview on Android developer position in a start-up company and got the job there.I joined the company in July 2017, I started working on a project directly, everything was going good for 2 months.We were 9 members in our team or whole company I can say! In different fields like Front end, Php developer, Java, Android(Me) and iOS platform.From second month we didn't get our salary for 4 months. Company people were giving reasons like they are out of money, searching for investors and other shitty reasons, we trusted them as they were giving dates for paying all our dues.Here came this day, November 15th 2017, they had told to pay on this day all our previous dues.He is not manager but a co-founder called us and said we are going to shut the company bcoz of lack of fund. You people have to leave now, we'll call you back when we get enough money and started saying all philosophy about career and all, we were feeling mixed emotions while listening to him.He asked us to officially give the resignation letter.P.S out of 9 I'm the only person live with my parents in the city, others are from different places living from their earnings.And November 15th was my birthday, returned home with no money and job. (One of worst b'day gift)It was birthday to one of the co-founder as well and he didn't come on that day to the office.My concern is about all my colleagues coz without money how will they survive in this city, paying rent, travelling cost etc.,
Is it legal in the US for your employing company to ask people personal questions, such as if you grew up with 2 parents, go to church, etc.?
While nothing prohibits an employer from asking for such information, there are significant penalities for basing a decision on the answers.The EEOC website provides detailed information on the responsibilities of employers under federal law on its Laws & Guidance pages.For example, an employer may not base decisions on hiring, firing, promoting or penalizing employees on their religious beliefs, or the lack thereof. An employer may not refuse to hire Muslims, promote only Presbyterians, or penalize only Jews more harshly than other workers. An employer also may not discriminate against nor in favor of employees who are Atheists or agnostics.Proving that hiring, firing, and promotions are based on such factors is complicated and often challenging, because such evidence is usually circumstantial. Few employers will state in their literature that they refuse to hire Sikhs, or that only Methodists need apply. This means that proving a case for discrimination often involves demonstrating that actions taken by the employer could only have proceeded from animus based on the employee’s (or prospective employee’s) religious beliefs.
Is there a legal basis that allows employers to fire alt-right/Nazis for their views, while still protecting minority groups from unlawful firing?
The Alt Right may be a minority group, but they are not a protected class. Being in a “Protected class” means you are protected from being discriminated against for being a member of that class. A Protected class would be religion. You can not discriminate against someone based on their religion. Weight is NOT a protected class, so you can legally discriminate against someone because of their weight. Airlines force fat people to buy a second seat. Political affiliation is NOT a protected class (in most states). You can therefore discriminate against people based on their political beliefs… especially if those beliefs are abhorrent to the vast majority of the people.It is also important to remember that Free Speech is protected from GOVERNMENT reprisal. You are not protected from reprisal from your employer. Your boss my fire you for being a Republican (again, depending on the state).Edit to add, Just read that one of the Alt Right Protesters, Cole White, lost his job at a Libertarian Hot Dog Shop in Berkeley, California. This brings up several interesting Topics.What is a Libertarian Hot Dog? Actually, it is the shop that is Libertarian, it is covered in slogans with libertarian themes. That brings its own interesting questions:If they are Libertarian, wasn’t he exercising his right to free association?I don’t think ANYONE would call Berkeley, California a Libertarian Town (probably mostly more liberal than San Francisco). It makes sense that once the guy was Identified, the people would start to question the owner of the shop. Once they did that, he could see that the continued employ of this guy would hurt business. He exercised his right to free association to Fire his A*$.If the guy was Libertarian, he should accept his termination as the justified result of popular opinion, which is what Libertarians believe will keep businesses in line when the Government does not regulate (good luck with that).Political association and activities are protected classes in California. Firing someone due to public protests against their activities? Not so sure. I can easily see how this could ruin a small business, having an Employee who is Alt Right and NOT being able to fire him/her because of this rule. While his Activity is protected, is he protected from the Community backlash against the shop? What will save the shop? There is a sign in the shop that says he has not worked there since Aug 12. It may be a moot point, but it is interesting to contemplate.
If you found out that your best employee smoked marijuana on his or her free time, would you fire that employee? Let’s say that you lived in a country where marijuana is illegal. Also, it would dramatically impact the company to lose such a person.
“If you found out that your best employee smoked marijuana on his or her free time, would you fire that employee?” [Let’s say that you lived in a country where marijuana is illegal and discovered that your top performing employee had that drug in his or her system. Also, it would dramatically impact the company to lose such a person. Would you say that the best decision is to fire that person? Why or why not?]My Problem.As an employer, you cannot allow illegal activities on your work floor, so I’d fire any employee engaging in illegal activities. Alcohol and drug use at work cannot be tolerated, and not just because someone’s performance might be linked negatively to the alcohol or drug, but also because an employer is bound to make sure that employees comply to the rules covered by the company insurance. Many insurance companies refuse claims when the employee had caused damage or injury while under the influence.Which is something you have no knowledge about, because whatever an employee does in his free time is their business. You attend everyone on being alcohol and drug free on the work floor, so that if an employee turns out to be under the influence, that’s on their head.And here’s my problem. I live in The Netherlands, where cannabis use is not illegal and I have a prescription from my ophthalmologist to use pharmaceutical cannabis as medication for my therapy resistant glaucoma. I’ve been denied further disability benefits because the government decided that I can still work. Except that I can’t, beccause I cannot hid my cannabis use from my employer. And even if my particular use does not affect my judgment, I’d be uninsured as an employee ‘under the influence of a narcotic drug’. So I can only imagine how they’d respond to a claim where the employee was under the influence of an illegal drug.
Can Employers refuse to hire Muslims?
All this guy is telling muslims to do is pray on their breaks. It's reasonable and doesn't interfere with work. I've worked with muslims that followed this exact format with no issue. They can pray before they go to work, on break, on lunch, on their second break and when they get home. Personally I'd rather eat lunch, if I need to pray then by god I can do two things at once - it all ends up in the same place.