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Seems like Chipotle should have to pony up for wrongful termination.

classichasclass 7y ago
I'm impressed she didn't take their offer. She's right: they seemed to have completely discounted her story and the story of her co-workers. That's not a company I'd be loyal to either.
- HarryHirsch 7y ago
  Caving in to Twitter crusaders increases shareholder value, but due process and methodic investigation costs money and public goodwill. Deus vult! Mammon demands his pound of flesh, and we oblige because Mammon is God.
rhexs 7y ago
Seems like a pretty easy settlement. Hope she gets a lot for this.
- cortesoft 7y ago
  Why would it be an easy settlement? What law did they break? There is no law protecting her.
- astura 7y ago
  My entire working life (>20 years) I've always been forced to sign an agreement that I was an employee "at will" and either myself or the company could terminate employment at any time for any reason or no reason at all. Absent membership in a union, I assume she signed a similar agreement, because it's totally standard in the US.
sir_kin 7y ago
With at-will employment, Chipotle can fire her for no reason at all. > This means that employers may terminate employees for any reason or for no reason at all, as long as it is not illegal. [1] Wrongful termination would only apply if Chipotle fired her for being a member of a protected class, or as retaliation for asserted their legal rights. Neither of which applies here. [1] https://www.legalmatch.com/law-library/article/wrongful-termination-in-maryland.html https://www.legalmatch.com/law-library/article/wrongful-term...
- defen 7y ago
  It was Minnesota, not Maryland. Employers in Minnesota do have to give a truthful reason for termination, if requested in writing [1]. I don't know if she requested that, but I would be interested how that would play out if the reason given is fundamentally wrong. In other words, was she fired "for being racist"? Or was she fired because "people on the Internet were mad at her"? [1] https://www.dli.mn.gov/business/employment-practices/employment-termination https://www.dli.mn.gov/business/employment-practices/employm...
cortesoft 7y ago
What protected class did they fire her for being in?

I'm impressed she didn't take their offer. She's right: they seemed to have completely discounted her story and the story of her co-workers. That's not a company I'd be loyal to either.

HarryHirsch 7y ago
Caving in to Twitter crusaders increases shareholder value, but due process and methodic investigation costs money and public goodwill. Deus vult! Mammon demands his pound of flesh, and we oblige because Mammon is God.

rhexs 7y ago

Seems like a pretty easy settlement. Hope she gets a lot for this.

cortesoft 7y ago
Why would it be an easy settlement? What law did they break? There is no law protecting her.
astura 7y ago
My entire working life (>20 years) I've always been forced to sign an agreement that I was an employee "at will" and either myself or the company could terminate employment at any time for any reason or no reason at all. Absent membership in a union, I assume she signed a similar agreement, because it's totally standard in the US.

sir_kin 7y ago

With at-will employment, Chipotle can fire her for no reason at all. > This means that employers may terminate employees for any reason or for no reason at all, as long as it is not illegal. [1] Wrongful termination would only apply if Chipotle fired her for being a member of a protected class, or as retaliation for asserted their legal rights. Neither of which applies here. [1] https://www.legalmatch.com/law-library/article/wrongful-termination-in-maryland.html https://www.legalmatch.com/law-library/article/wrongful-term...

defen 7y ago
It was Minnesota, not Maryland. Employers in Minnesota do have to give a truthful reason for termination, if requested in writing [1]. I don't know if she requested that, but I would be interested how that would play out if the reason given is fundamentally wrong. In other words, was she fired "for being racist"? Or was she fired because "people on the Internet were mad at her"? [1] https://www.dli.mn.gov/business/employment-practices/employment-termination https://www.dli.mn.gov/business/employment-practices/employm...

cortesoft 7y ago

What protected class did they fire her for being in?