Sounds like it, also sounds like if they had got caught at half that stuff.....they could have been sued out of business eh?
----- Original Message ----- From: "Caroline B-C" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "The Sandbox Discussion List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2003 4:48 PM Subject: Re: [Sndbox] Library Worker Fired For Refuseing To Work On Sunday > So it sounds like she really *is* Catbert. I have met many a slimy HR > person in my time (the lady who did a full background check on a > co-worker she was interested in dating, the lady at my husband's work > who wanted him to set it up so that she could read all of the email of > laid off employees - not just the work-related stuff, etc), but it > sounds like she was one of the slimiest. The odd thing is that she was > very proud of the Catbert doll she had on her desk. > > Did I mention this was a particularly unpleasant place to work? > > Greg Hopper wrote: > > > I do know you can get them for religious discrimination, even when it's not > > specified up front. If it violates your faith, by law they do have to > > accomidate you within reason. Point in case, when my ex and I first married > > at 18, when we moved to Arkansas from Louisiana she went to the unemployment > > office and was interviewed and HIRED by Taco Bell. > > > > Then upon finding out she didn't wear pants due to her religious faith, they > > told her she wasn't hired. Only problem was, they had ALREADY hired her. I > > made a few phone calls, wound up talking to what I thought at the time was > > her manager, turns out it was her district manager. He tried telling me it > > was a "safety" issue....I said they do it every day at McDonals, Wal-Mart > > you name it. I said how can it not be safe to run a CASH REGISTER ( which is > > what she was hired for ) in a skirt? He says, is it really that much of a > > issue? I said, well she's 18 years old and has never had anything on but a > > skirt, you tell me. lol > > > > I barely had to HINT that I felt it would be religious discrimination and > > WHAM....not only did they say it wouldn't be a problem they told her since > > the company at that time didn't offer skirts in it's uniform to have one > > made and they would PAY for it. lol Bubba, talk about changing their tune, > > they did it quick. lol I would more than likely have felt the same, had they > > told her upfront they couldn't hire her because of that....but where they > > really messed up was they hired her, then tried to tell her she wasn't > > hired. > > > > Sometimes if we make alittle noise, it works. :) > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Caroline B-C" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "The Sandbox Discussion List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2003 3:58 PM > > Subject: Re: [Sndbox] Library Worker Fired For Refuseing To Work On Sunday > > > > > > > >>Well, I was told by a reliable HR person (not very nice, but she usually > >>knows what she was talking about - let's call her Catbert) that the > >>issue there was "not being able to fulfill the requirements of the job" > >>- ie that she be there for mandatory OT and that the verbal promise to > >>exclude Friday night and Saturday was apparently made by someone who no > >>longer worked there and was never put in writing. To be honest, it was a > >>really nasty place to work and I ended up quitting a month later. I > >>don't think she wanted the job back and, in any case, jobs were easy to > >>find back then. > >> > >>Apparently, this particular clause is being used for lots of firings for > >>things like that in order to C the company's A. > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > > Changes to your subscription (unsubs, nomail, digest) can be made by going to http://sandboxmail.net/mailman/listinfo/sndbox_sandboxmail.net > > > > ________________________________ > > Changes to your subscription (unsubs, nomail, digest) can be made by going to http://sandboxmail.net/mailman/listinfo/sndbox_sandboxmail.net ________________________________ Changes to your subscription (unsubs, nomail, digest) can be made by going to http://sandboxmail.net/mailman/listinfo/sndbox_sandboxmail.net
