I know in Ireland it is illegal for your employer { interviewer } to
ask what Religion or Political beliefs are.
Now I'm not says they will not find something else to " officially "
fire you for.....BaconZombie On 8 December 2010 18:56, Michael Miller <[email protected]> wrote: > I know in some European nations some political parties are verboten. > I could see a government viewing activism or ones view belonging to a > political party or ideology. Like some of the others have said it's > going to depend on local or federal government laws. In the United > States we have protected rights in our Constitution and Bill of > Rights. I'm sure some lawyer could convince 12 jurors that if a > company fired you for having activist views leaning to Wikileaks or > the Pirate Party. An you where fired due to said views. You could > have a good civil case. Then again I'm not a lawyer so I could be way > off base here. > > --mmiller > > On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 9:14 AM, Jack Daniel <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Is it possible and why to fire someone because of non-mainstream >>> activism/views? For example a Wikileaks activist or a pirate party >>> member? We work in Europe banking business. My boss says yes. >>> >> >> It depends on your local laws and if you have a contract. In the US, >> it varies from state to state. Here in the Massachusetts we are >> considered "at will" employees unless under contract, and either party >> can terminate the arrangement at will, and without cause. That >> doesn't let an employer fire you for invalid reasons (age, religion, >> race, etc.), but it does make it easy to get rid of employees. Sadly, >> this also means that as an employer you are always better off not >> giving a reason for termination. >> >> I think your organization's policy manual is a good starting place to >> search for civil terms for termination. I assume the judgment is >> based on Wikileaks or the Pirate Party being "illegal" organizations >> in the bank's opinion. There is one advantage you have in the EU, >> privacy laws limit how much of your behavior your employer is allowed >> to monitor- so they should have a harder time proving your activities >> while on the job. >> >> Jack >> _______________________________________________ >> Pauldotcom mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom >> Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com >> > _______________________________________________ > Pauldotcom mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom > Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com > -- ….all text in this mail is double-rot13 encrypted. ... _______________________________________________ Pauldotcom mailing list [email protected] http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com
