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It's much different if the person being fired is pregnant (or of another protected class). The company has to go through many hoops to make sure they have valid
by txcwpalpha 7y ago
It's much different if the person being fired is pregnant (or of another protected class). The company has to go through many hoops to make sure they have valid, documented reasons to fire someone who is pregnant so as to not be misconstrued that the reason for the firing was the pregnancy.
- gbronner 7y agoThey don't have to do that. Bigger companies do that to avoid lawsuits, and to ensure that they are fair, but small companies can and do take HR risks. It is perfectly legal to fire a pregnant employee for any reason except that she is pregnant.
- michaelmrose 7y agoIt's actually not and the exact rules vary a lot by state. https://employment.findlaw.com/losing-a-job/at-will-employment-and-wrongful-termination.html https://employment.findlaw.com/losing-a-job/at-will-employme...
- oh_sigh 7y agoThis is just not true. Companies in at-will states don't need to do any of that - they may choose to, but they don't need to. Literally everyone is a member of a protected class, because everyone has a race, a sex assigned at birth, and a national origin.
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- michaelmrose 7y agoGood point everyone needs to be documenting why they terminate people so that if they accuse you of firing them for being this or that class you can slap a folder of documentation on the table. Realistically being fired for being a pregnant female is a thing and being fired for being a white dude from Oregon isn't.
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- pmiller2 7y agoTechnically true, but good luck convincing a judge you were fired because you're a white cisgender male in an industry dominated by white cisgender males.