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OK, if they're employees, can they be fired? Can they be fired based on workplace policies, like "no long hair on men" or "no discussion of politics on social
by msla 8y ago
OK, if they're employees, can they be fired?
Can they be fired based on workplace policies, like "no long hair on men" or "no discussion of politics on social media"?
How would that interact with state employment laws, which may or may not recognize a different mix of protected classes?
- candiodari 8y agoYou know we do have labor laws. You're acting as if we're going to rewrite them from scratch. So, given current laws: 1) "no long hair on men" - yes, if presentation is reasonably considered important (which I would say it probably is). Obviously not without a few warnings. 2) "no discussion of politics on social media" - no, you can't fire for this. Also, the IRS has rules about when someone is an employee versus contractor: https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/understanding-employee-vs-contractor-designation https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/understanding-employee-vs-contr... Whilst they are open to interpretation to some degree, I would say that Uber drivers are clearly employees, as the degree of behavioral and financial control Uber has is extreme, and Uber provides benefits (insurance), and the relationship is indefinite, and Sony game publishers (aside from the obvious difference in size, which makes the argument entirely ridiculous) are contractors.